| Chapter 12 |
| 1 | Ephraim 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
Bethel, 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.
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| 8 | And Ephraim 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 Gilead? 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. |
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14 | Ephraim provoked him to
anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his
reproach shall his LORD return unto him. |
