Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Hosea:
Chapter 12
1. E-PHRA-IM
feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth
lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and
oil is carried into Egypt.
2. The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob
according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3. He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he
had power with God:
4. Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el. and there he spake with
us.
5. Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6. Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on
thy God continually.
7. He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth
to oppress.
8. And E-phra-im said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out
substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that
were sin.
9. And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make
thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10. I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions,
and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11. Is there iniquity in Gil-e-ad? surely they are vanity: they
sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the
furrows of the fields.
12. And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a
wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13. And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by
a prophet was he preserved.
14. E-phra-im provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall
he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto
him.
Dec. 13 Daily
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