MKJV - Hosea - 12

12:1  Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

12:2  The LORD also has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings He will repay him.

12:3  He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God.

12:4  Yes, he wept and cried to Him, and he had power over the Angel and overcame. He found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us,

12:5  even the LORD God of hosts. Jehovah is his memorial.

12:6  Therefore turn to your God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God forever.

12:7  He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.

12:8  And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found much wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.

12:9  And I the LORD, who have been your God from the land of Egypt, will yet make you to dwell in tents as in the days of the appointed feast.

12:10  I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions and have used parables by the hand of the prophets.

12:11  Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are vanity; they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal. Yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

12:12  And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.

12:13  And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

12:14  Ephraim provoked Me to anger most bitterly; therefore he shall leave his blood on him, and his Lord shall turn his reproach to him.