Hosea 12

Hosea 12 in full

King James Version, 14 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Hos 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. Hos 12:2

   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. Hos 12:3

   He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

4. Hos 12:4

   Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;

5. Hos 12:5

   Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.

6. Hos 12:6

   Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

7. Hos 12:7

   He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

8. Hos 12:8

   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. Hos 12:9

   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. Hos 12:10

    I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

11. Hos 12:11

    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. Hos 12:12

    And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

13. Hos 12:13

    And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

14. Hos 12:14

    Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

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Hosea 12 is part of Hosea, book 28 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 14 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.