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| 12:1 | Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. |
| 12:2 | The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. |
| 12:3 | He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: |
| 12:4 | Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; |
| 12:5 | Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. |
| 12:6 | Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. |
| 12:7 | He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. |
| 12:8 | And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. |
| 12:9 | And I that am 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. |
| 12:10 | I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. |
| 12:11 | Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. |
| 12:12 | And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
| 12:13 | And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. |
| 12:14 | Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. |
| 12:1 | Ephraim is fed with the winde, and followeth after the East winde: hee increaseth daily lies and destruction, and they do make a couenant with Asshur, and oyle is caried into Egypt. |
| 12:2 | The Lord hath also a controuersie with Iudah, and will visite Iaakob, according to his waies: according to his workes, wil he recompence him. |
| 12:3 | Hee tooke his brother by the heele in the wombe, and by his strength he had power with God, |
| 12:4 | And had power ouer the Angel, and preuailed: he wept and praied vnto him: he founde him in Beth-el, and there he spake with vs. |
| 12:5 | Yea, the Lord God of hostes, the Lord is himselfe his memoriall. |
| 12:6 | Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercy and iudgement, and hope still in thy God. |
| 12:7 | He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse. |
| 12:8 | And Ephraim saide, Notwithstanding I am rich, I haue found me out riches in all my labours: they shall finde none iniquitie in me, that were wickednesse. |
| 12:9 | Though I am the Lord thy God, from the land of Egypt, yet will I make thee to dwel in the tabernacles, as in the daies of the solemne feast. |
| 12:10 | I haue also spoken by the Prophets, and I haue multiplied visions, and vsed similitudes by the ministerie of the Prophets. |
| 12:11 | Is there iniquitie in Gilead? surely they are vanitie: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal, and their altars are as heapes in the furrowes of the field. |
| 12:12 | And Iaakob fled into the countrey of Aram, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe. |
| 12:13 | And by a Prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a Prophet was he reserued. |
| 12:14 | But Ephraim prouoked him with hie places: therefore shall his blood be powred vpon him, and his reproche shall his Lord reward him. |
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