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Hosea 12 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Hos 12:1

Hos 12:1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Hos 12:2

Hos 12:2Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Hos 12:3

Hos 12:3In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

Hos 12:4

Hos 12:4yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

Hos 12:5

Hos 12:5even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name.

Hos 12:6

Hos 12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

Hos 12:7

Hos 12:7He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Hos 12:8

Hos 12:8And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

Hos 12:9

Hos 12:9But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

Hos 12:10

Hos 12:10I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

Hos 12:11

Hos 12:11Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

Hos 12:12

Hos 12:12And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Hos 12:13

Hos 12:13And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

Hos 12:14

Hos 12:14Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
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