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and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him <i>in</i> Bethel, and there he spake with us;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD <i>is</i> his memorial.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><i>He is</i> a merchant, the balances of deceit <i>are</i> in his hand: he loveth to oppress.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: <i>in</i> all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that <i>were</i> sin.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I <i>that am</i> 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><i>Is there</i> iniquity <i>in</i> Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars <i>are</i> as heaps in the furrows of the fields.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept <i>sheep</i>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Ephraim provoked <i>him</i> to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../hosea/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../hosea/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/hosea/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>