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Hosea
Chapter 12
1
Ephraim feeds on wind,
and
follows after the east wind.
He daily increases lies and desolation.
And they do make a covenant with the Assyrians.
And oil is carried into Egypt.
2 Jehovah/God has also a controversy with Judah.
And
will punish Jacob according to his Ways . . .
according
to his doings will He recompense him.
3
He took his brother by the heel in the womb,
and
by his strength he had power with 'Elohiym/Godhead.
4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed.
He wept, and made supplication unto Him.
He found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
5
Even Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead of the armies/hosts . . .
Jehovah/God
is his memorial.
6 Therefore turn you all to your 'Elohiym/Godhead.
Keep
grace . . .
and
justice,
and
'faith resting while taking in doctrine daily'/
'deeply
trust in God in the past
with
the result that we continue to trust in God' {qavah}
on
your 'Elohiym/Godhead continually.
{False
Business Practices}
7
He is a merchant,
the
balances of deceit are in his hand.
He loves to oppress.
8
And Ephraim 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."
9
And I that am Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
from
the land of Egypt
will
yet make you to dwell in tabernacles,
as
in the days of the solemn feast.
10
I have also spoken by the prophets,
and
I have multiplied visions,
and
used similitudes/comparisons {damah},
by
the ministry of the prophets.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead?
Surely they are vanity/meaninglessnesses.
They sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal.
Yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria,
and
Israel served for a wife,
and
for a wife he kept sheep.
13
And by a prophet Jehovah/God brought Israel out of Egypt,
and
by a prophet was he preserved.
14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly.
Therefore
shall he leave his blood upon him,
and
his reproach shall his lord/'adown return unto him.
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