Hosea Chapter 12 (NIV)
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Ephraim feeds on the wind;he pursues the east wind all dayand multiplies lies and violence.He makes a treaty with Assyriaand sends olive oil to Egypt.
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The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah;he will punish Jacob according to his waysand repay him according to his deeds.
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In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;as a man he struggled with God.
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He struggled with the angel and overcame him;he wept and begged for his favor.He found him at Betheland talked with him there—
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the Lord God Almighty,the Lord is his name of renown!
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But you must return to your God;maintain love and justice,and wait for your God always.
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The merchant uses dishonest scales;he loves to defraud.
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Ephraim boasts,“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.With all my wealth they will not find in meany iniquity or sin.”
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“I am the Lord your God,who brought you out of Egypt;I will make you live in tents again,as in the days of your appointed feasts.
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I spoke to the prophets,gave them many visionsand told parables through them.”
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Is Gilead wicked?Its people are worthless!Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?Their altars will be like piles of stoneson a plowed field.
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Jacob fled to the country of Aram;Israel served to get a wife,and to pay for her he tended sheep.
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The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,by a prophet he cared for him.
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But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger;his Lord will leave upon him the guilt of his bloodshedand will repay him for his contempt.
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