| 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. |
| 12:3 | 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; |
| 12:4 | 與天使較力並且得勝、哭泣懇求、在伯特利遇見耶和華、耶和華萬軍之 神在那裡曉諭我們以色列人．耶和華是他可記念的名。 |
| 12:4 | 与天使较力，并且得胜，哭泣恳求，在伯特利遇见耶和华。 |
| gen:28:19 | And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. |
| gen:35:15 | And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel. |
| exo:3:15 | And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. |
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| 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. |
