Hosea 121 (11:12) The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...
2 (12:1) Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.
3 (12:2) The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
4 (12:3) In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
5 (12:4) He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;
6 (12:5) Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.
7 (12:6) So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
8 (12:7) As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
9 (12:8) And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
10 (12:9) But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.
11 (12:10) My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.
12 (12:11) In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
13 (12:12) And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
14 (12:13) And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
15 (12:14) I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.
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