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Hosea 12:3

Israel's Sin

12Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
the house of Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
even against the faithful Holy One.

Chapter 12

1Ephraim feeds on the wind;
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a treaty with Assyria
and sends olive oil to Egypt.

2The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah;
he will punish JacobJacob means he grasps the heel (figuratively, he deceives). according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.

3In the womb he grasped his brother's heel;
as a man he struggled with God.

4He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel
and talked with him there—

5the LORD God Almighty,
the LORD is his name of renown!

6But you must return to your God;
maintain love and justice,
and wait for your God always.

7The merchant uses dishonest scales;
he loves to defraud.

8Ephraim boasts,
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”

9“I am the LORD your God,
who brought you out ofOr God / ever since you were in Egypt;
I will make you live in tents again,
as in the days of your appointed feasts.

10I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”

11Is Gilead wicked?
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.

12Jacob fled to the country of AramThat is, Northwest Mesopotamia;
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep.

13The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,
by a prophet he cared for him.

14But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger;
his Lord will leave upon him the guilt of his bloodshed
and will repay him for his contempt.

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