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Hosea 12:1 Ephraim 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.	Hosea 12:1 Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.
Hosea 12:2 Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.	Hosea 12:2 The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
Hosea 12:3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:	Hosea 12:3 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
Hosea 12:4 yea, 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,	Hosea 12:4 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;
Hosea 12:5 even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial [name].	Hosea 12:5 Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.
Hosea 12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.	Hosea 12:6 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
Hosea 12:7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.	Hosea 12:7 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Hosea 12:8 And 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.	Hosea 12:8 And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
Hosea 12:9 But 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.	Hosea 12:9 But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
Hosea 12:10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.	Hosea 12:10 My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
Hosea 12:11 Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.	Hosea 12:11 In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
Hosea 12:12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].	Hosea 12:12 And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 12:13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.	Hosea 12:13 And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
Hosea 12:14 Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.	Hosea 12:14 I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.