Hosea:12

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* Ephraim feeds on wind , and follows after the east wind . He continually multiplies lies and desolation . And they make a covenant with Assyria , and oil is carried into Egypt . * LORD has also a controversy with Judah , and will punish Jacob according to his ways . He will recompense him according to his doings . * In the womb he took his brother by the heel , and in his manhood he had strength with God . * Yea , he had strength over the [heavenly ] agent , and prevailed , [as ] he wept , and made supplication to him . He found him at Bethel , and there he spoke with us . * But LORD God Almighty shall be his memorial . * Therefore turn thou to thy God . Keep kindness and justice , and wait for thy God continually . * [He is ] a Canaanite . The balances of deceit are in his hand . He loves to oppress . * And Ephraim said , Surely I have become rich . I have found wealth for myself . In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin . * But I am LORD 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 . * I have also spoken to the prophets , and I have multiplied visions . And by the ministry of the prophets I have used similitudes . * Is Gilead iniquity ? They are altogether false . In Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks . Yea , their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field . * And Jacob fled into the field of Aram , and Israel served for a wife , and for a wife he kept [sheep ]. * And by a prophet LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt , and by a prophet he was preserved . * Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly . Therefore his blood shall be left upon him , and his reproach his LORD shall return to him .

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