# Hosea 12 [[Hos-11|← Hosea 11]] | [[Hosea]] | [[Hos-13|Hosea 13 →]] *** ###### v1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. ###### v2 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him. ###### v3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God. ###### v4 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us, ###### v5 even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown! ###### v6 Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God. ###### v7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. ###### v8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin." ###### v9 "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. ###### v10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables. ###### v11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field. ###### v12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds. ###### v13 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. ###### v14 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt. *** [[Hos-11|← Hosea 11]] | [[Hosea]] | [[Hos-13|Hosea 13 →]]