Darby's English Translation

Hosea 11

The Book of Hosea

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Chapter 12

1

 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. 

 


2

 Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. 

 


3

 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God. 

 


4

 Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us, 

 


5

 -- even Jehovah, the God of hosts, -- Jehovah is his memorial. 

 


6

 And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. 

 


7

 [He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress. 

 


8

 And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. 

 


9

 But I [that am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. 

 


10

 And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes. 

 


11

 If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 

 


12

 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep]. 

 


13

 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 

 


14

 Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach. 

 


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