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HOS 12:1
Hosea 12:1
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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. |
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HOS 12:2
Hosea 12:2
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The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah,
and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense
him. |
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HOS 12:3
Hosea 12:3
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He took his brother by the heel in the womb,
and by his strength he had power with God: |
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HOS 12:4
Hosea 12:4
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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; |
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HOS 12:5
Hosea 12:5
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Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his
memorial. |
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HOS 12:6
Hosea 12:6
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and
judgment and wait on thy God continually. |
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HOS 12:7
Hosea 12:7
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He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are
in his hand: he loveth to oppress. |
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HOS 12:8
Hosea 12:8
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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. |
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HOS 12:9
Hosea 12:9
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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. |
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HOS 12:10
Hosea 12:10
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I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have
multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. |
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HOS 12:11
Hosea 12:11
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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. |
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HOS 12:12
Hosea 12:12
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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and
Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
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HOS 12:13
Hosea 12:13
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And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out
of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. |
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HOS 12:14
Hosea 12:14
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Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly:
therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return
unto him. |
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