Hosea 12
Ephraim Rebuked for
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E'phra-im 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.
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The LORD hath also
a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his
ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
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He took his brother by the heel in the
womb, Gen. 25.26 and by his strength he had power with God:
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yea, he had power over the angel, and
prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: Gen. 32.24-26 he found him in Beth-el, Gen. 28.10-22 and there he spake with us;
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even the LORD God of
hosts; the LORD is his
memorial.
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep
mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
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He is a merchant, the balances
of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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And E'phra-im said, Yet I am become rich,
I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall
find none iniquity in me that were sin.
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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. Lev.
23.39-43
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I have also spoken by the prophets, and
I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of
the prophets.
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Is there iniquity in Gil'e-ad? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal;
yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the
fields.
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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria,
and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Gen.
29.1-20
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And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, Ex. 12.50, 51 and
by a prophet was he preserved.
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E'phra-im 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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