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. |
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. |
12:2 | 耶和華與猶大爭辯、必照雅各所行的懲罰他、按他所作的報應他。 |
12:2 | 耶和华与犹大争辩,必照雅各所行的惩罚他,按他所做的报应他。 |
hos:4:1 | Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. |
mic:6:2 | Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. |
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12:3 | He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: |
12:4 | Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; |
12:5 | Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. |
12:6 | Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. |
12:7 | He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. |
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. |
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. |
12:10 | I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. |
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. |
12:12 | And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
12:13 | And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. |
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. |