HOSEA 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, 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 In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood 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 at Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
5 even the LORD, the 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 trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labours they shall find in me none iniquity that were sin.
9 But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
11 Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether vanity; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks: yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14 Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Cross-references
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- 1Hos 11:12, Ezk 17:10, Hos 8:7, Jer 22:22, Hos 5:13, 2Ki 15:19, Job 15:2, 2Ki 17:4–6
- 2Mic 6:2, Isa 10:6, Hos 4:1, Jer 3:8–11, Isa 3:11, Jer 25:31, Hos 2:13, Isa 8:7–8
- 3Gen 25:26, Rom 9:11, Gen 32:24–28, Jas 5:16–18
- 4Gen 35:15, 1Th 4:17, Mal 3:1, Gen 48:15, Exo 3:2–5, Heb 6:13–18, Heb 5:7, Act 7:30–35
- 5Exo 3:15, Psa 135:13, Isa 42:8, Gen 28:16, Gen 32:30
- 6Mic 6:8, Mic 7:7, Lam 3:25–26, Hos 14:1, Act 2:38, Zec 7:9, Hos 6:1–3, Psa 37:7
- 7Pro 11:1, Mic 6:10–11, Amo 8:5–6, 1Sa 12:3, Mal 3:5, Jas 5:4, Amo 4:1, Zec 14:21
- 8Rev 3:17, Psa 62:10, Deu 8:17, Psa 49:6, Psa 52:7, Job 31:24–25, 1Ti 6:5, Pro 30:20
- 9Lev 23:40–43, Neh 8:15–17, Psa 81:10, 2Sa 7:2, Hos 13:4, Jer 35:7, Ezr 3:4, Lev 26:13
- 102Ki 17:13, Ezk 20:49, Jer 19:1, Isa 20:2–5, Jer 7:25, Jol 2:28, Amo 7:14, 1Ki 19:10
- 11Hos 6:8, Hos 4:15, Hos 8:11, Hos 9:15, Hos 10:1, Jon 2:8, Jer 10:8, Jer 10:15
- 12Gen 29:18–28, Gen 31:41, Gen 28:1–22, Gen 27:43, Deu 26:5, Gen 32:27–28
- 13Act 3:22–23, Psa 77:20, Exo 12:50–51, Isa 63:11–14, Act 7:35–37, Exo 13:3, Amo 2:11–12, Mic 6:4
- 14Ezk 18:13, Dan 11:18, 2Ki 17:7–18, Ezk 23:2–10, Deu 28:37, Hos 7:16, 1Ki 2:33–34, 1Sa 2:30
Topics in this chapter
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Alliances, Balances, Beth-El, Commerce, Confidence, Dishonesty, Ephraim, Gilead, Gilgal, Idolatry, Israel, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Jacob, Jesus, the Christ, Judgment, Marriage, Measure, Merchant, Mercy, Moses, Oil, Perseverance, Prayer, Prophets, Repentance, Riches, Self-Delusion, Self-Righteousness, Similitude, Sin, Vision, Waiting, Wicked (People)