KJV Hosea Chapter 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. 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. 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 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; 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD |is| his memorial. 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. 7 |He is| a merchant, the balances of deceit |are| in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 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. 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. 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 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 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 the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 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.