The Prophet Hosea

⭑ King James Version 1769 including Apocrypha ⭑

- Chapter 12 -

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.

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.(a)

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:(b)

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;

Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.(c)

(d)

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.(e)

(f)

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.

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.(g)

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.

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

And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.(h)

(i)

Footnotes

(a)12:2 punish: Heb. visit upon

(b)12:3 had…: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely

(d)12:7 oppress: or, deceive

(e)12:8 in all…: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin

(f)12:8 that: Heb. which

(g)12:10 ministry: Heb. hand

(h)12:14 most…: Heb. with bitternesses

(i)12:14 blood: Heb. bloods