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Hosea 12

World English Bible (WEB) • 14 verses

1Ephraim 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.

RelatedHosea 11:12 · Hosea 5:13 · Jeremiah 22:22 · Hosea 8:7 · Ezekiel 17:10 · Isaiah 30:6-7

2The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

RelatedMicah 6:2 · Isaiah 10:6 · Hosea 4:1 · Hosea 2:13 · Jeremiah 25:31 · Isaiah 10:12

3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.

RelatedGenesis 25:26 · James 5:16-18 · Genesis 32:24-28 · Romans 9:11

4Indeed, 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—

RelatedGenesis 35:15 · 1 Thessalonians 4:17 · Malachi 3:1 · Acts 7:30-35 · Exodus 3:2-5 · Genesis 48:15

5even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!

RelatedExodus 3:15 · Psalms 135:13 · Isaiah 42:8 · Genesis 32:30 · Genesis 28:16

6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

RelatedMicah 6:8 · Lamentations 3:25-26 · Hosea 14:1 · Micah 7:7 · James 2:13 · Acts 2:38

7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

RelatedProverbs 11:1 · Amos 8:5-6 · Micah 6:10-11 · Amos 3:9 · Malachi 3:5 · Amos 2:7

8Ephraim 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.”

RelatedRevelation 3:17 · Psalms 62:10 · Proverbs 30:20 · Proverbs 30:12 · Psalms 49:6 · Deuteronomy 8:17

9“But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

RelatedLeviticus 23:40-43 · Hosea 13:4 · Psalms 81:10 · 2 Samuel 7:2 · Nehemiah 8:15-17 · Zechariah 14:16-19

10I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

Related2 Kings 17:13 · Ezekiel 20:49 · Jeremiah 7:25 · Jeremiah 19:1 · Isaiah 20:2-5 · Joel 2:28

11If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

RelatedHosea 6:8 · Hosea 8:11 · Hosea 4:15 · Hosea 9:15 · Hosea 10:1 · Amos 5:5

12Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.

RelatedGenesis 31:41 · Genesis 29:18-28 · Genesis 27:43 · Genesis 28:1-22 · Genesis 32:27-28 · Deuteronomy 26:5

13By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

RelatedActs 3:22-23 · Exodus 12:50-51 · Psalms 77:20 · Acts 7:35-37 · Isaiah 63:11-14 · Exodus 13:3

14Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.

RelatedEzekiel 18:13 · Daniel 11:18 · 2 Kings 17:7-18 · 1 Samuel 2:30 · Deuteronomy 28:37 · 2 Samuel 1:16

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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.