Hosea 12:1–9
1Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.↗
2The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.↗
3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.↗
4Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—↗
5even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!↗
6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.↗
7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.↗
8Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”↗
9“But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.↗
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