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Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried to Egypt.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The LORD also has a dispute with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his maturity he contended with God.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed; He wept and sought His favor. He found Him at Bethel And there He spoke with us,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us—</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Even the LORD, the God of hosts, The LORD is His name.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No iniquity, which would be sin."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But I have been the LORD your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, As in the days of the appointed festival.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I have also spoken to the prophets, And I gave numerous visions, And through the prophets I gave parables.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel from Egypt, And by a prophet he was kept.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Ephraim has provoked to bitter anger; So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him And bring back his reproach to him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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