Hosea 12

1 ♥ 📝 E phraim^H669 feedeth^H7462 on wind,^H7307 and followeth^H7291 after the east wind:^H6921 he continually^H3117 multiplieth^H7235 lies^H3577 and desolation;^H7701 and they make^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with Assyria,^H804 and oil^H8081 is carried^H2986 into Egypt.^H4714

2 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 hath also a controversy^H7379 with Judah,^H3063 and will punish^H6485 Jacob^H3290 according to his ways;^H1870 according to his doings^H4611 will he recompense^H7725 him.

3 ♥ 📝 In the womb^H990 he took his brother^H251 by the heel;^H6117 and in his manhood^H202 he had power^H8280 with God:^H430

4 ♥ 📝 yea, he had power^H7786 over the angel,^H4397 and prevailed;^H3201 he wept,^H1058 and made supplication^H2603 unto him: he found^H4672 him at Beth-el,^H1008 and there he spake^H1696 with us,

5 ♥ 📝 even Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of hosts;^H6635 Jehovah^H3068 is his memorial^H2143 [name].

6 ♥ 📝 Therefore turn^H7725 thou to thy God:^H430 keep^H8104 kindness^H2617 and justice,^H4941 and wait^H6960 for thy God^H430 continually.^H8548

7 ♥ 📝 [He is] a trafficker,^H3667 the balances^H3976 of deceit^H4820 are in his hand:^H3027 he loveth^H157 to oppress.^H6231

8 ♥ 📝 And Ephraim^H669 said,^H559 Surely I am become rich,^H6238 I have found me^H4672 wealth:^H202 in all my labors^H3018 they shall find^H4672 in me no iniquity^H5771 that were sin.^H2399

9 ♥ 📝 But I am Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 from the land^H776 of Egypt;^H4714 I will yet again make thee to dwell^H3427 in tents,^H168 as in the days^H3117 of the solemn feast.^H4150

10 ♥ 📝 I have also spoken^H1696 unto the prophets,^H5030 and I have multiplied^H7235 visions;^H2377 and by the ministry^H3027 of the prophets^H5030 have I used similitudes.^H1819

11 ♥ 📝 Is Gilead^H1568 iniquity?^H205 they are altogether false;^H7723 in Gilgal^H1537 they sacrifice^H2076 bullocks;^H7794 yea, their altars^H4196 are as heaps^H1530 in the furrows^H8525 of the field.^H7704

12 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 fled^H1272 into the field^H7704 of Aram,^H758 and Israel^H3478 served^H5647 for a wife,^H802 and for a wife^H802 he kept^H8104 [sheep].

13 ♥ 📝 And by a prophet^H5030 Jehovah^H3068 brought^H5927 Israel^H3478 up out of Egypt,^H4714 and by a prophet^H5030 was he preserved.^H8104

14 ♥ 📝 Ephraim^H669 hath provoked to anger^H3707 most bitterly:^H8563 therefore shall his blood^H1818 be left^H5203 upon him, and his reproach^H2781 shall his Lord^H113 return^H7725 unto him.