12:1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and chases after the east wind all day long. He multiplies lies and devastation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
12:2 The Lord has a dispute with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and repay him according to his doings.
12:3 In the womb, he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with God.
12:4 He struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and sought favor from Him. He found Him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us.
12:5 As for the Lord the God of Hosts, the Lord is the name by which He is invoked!
12:6 But as for you, return to your God, hold fast to mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.
12:7 A merchant, in whose hands are deceitful balances, he loves to oppress.
12:8 Ephraim said, “Yet I am rich, I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they shall find no offense in me that would be sin.”
12:9 I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt. I will again make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
12:10 I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and through the prophets I will bring destruction.
12:11 In Gilead there is iniquity; surely they will come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, so their altars will be like stone heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12:12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
12:13 By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
12:14 Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly, so his Lord shall leave his bloodguilt on him and repay him for his reproach.
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