OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 1

Hosea 12:1

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Ephraim feeds on wind,

and chases the east wind.

He continually multiplies lies and desolation.

They make a covenant with Assyria,

and oil is carried into Egypt.

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Ephraim feeds on wind,

and chases the east wind.

He continually multiplies lies and desolation.

They make a covenant with Assyria,

and oil is carried into Egypt.

The LORD also has a controversy with Judah,

and will punish Jacob according to his ways;

according to his deeds he will repay him.

In the womb he took his brother by the heel,

and in his manhood he contended with God.

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed;

he wept, and made supplication to him.

He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—

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