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class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In the womb he took his brother by the heel,</div><div class="po2">And by his strength he strove with a godlike being;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So he strove with an angel, and prevailed;</div><div class="po2">He wept, and made supplication unto him;</div><div class="po2">At Beth-el he would find him,</div><div class="po2">And there he would speak with us;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the LORD, the God of hosts,</div><div class="po2">The LORD is His name.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore turn thou to thy God;</div><div class="po2">Keep mercy and justice,</div><div class="po2">And wait for thy God continually.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand.</div><div class="po2">He loveth to oppress.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Ephraim said: ‘Surely I am become rich,</div><div class="po2">I have found me wealth;</div><div class="po2">In all my labours they shall find in me</div><div class="po2">No iniquity that were sin.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But I am the LORD thy God</div><div class="po2">From the land of Egypt;</div><div class="po2">I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents,</div><div class="po2">As in the days of the appointed season.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I have also spoken unto the prophets,</div><div class="po2">And I have multiplied visions;</div><div class="po2">And by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If Gilead be given to iniquity</div><div class="po2">Becoming altogether vanity,</div><div class="po2">In Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks;</div><div class="po2">Yea, their altars shall be as heaps</div><div class="po2">In the furrows of the field.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Jacob fled into the field of Aram,</div><div class="po2">And Israel served for a wife,</div><div class="po2">And for a wife he kept sheep.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt,</div><div class="po2">And by a prophet was he kept.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/12-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly;</div><div class="po2">Therefore shall his blood be cast upon him,</div><div class="po2">And his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<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="#" 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