(KJV) Hosea 12¹

⥃A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob

[1] Ephraim feedeth² on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily³ increaseth lies and desolation; and they⁴ do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. [2] The Lord hath also a controversy⁵ with Judah, and will⁶ punish⁷ Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings⁸ will he recompense him.

[3] [¶]He took⁹ his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had¹⁰ power with God: [4] Yea, he had power over the angel¹¹, and prevailed: he wept, and made¹² supplication unto him: he found¹³ him [in] Beth–el, and there he spake¹⁴ with us; [5] Even¹⁵ the Lord God of hosts; the Lord [is¹⁶] his memorial. [6] Therefore turn¹⁷ thou to thy God: keep¹⁸ mercy and judgment, and wait¹⁹ on thy God continually.

[7] [He is] a merchant²⁰, the balances²¹ of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth²² to oppress²³. [8] And Ephraim said, Yet²⁴ I am become rich, I have²⁵ found me out substance: [in] all²⁶ my labours they²⁷ shall find none iniquity in me that²⁸ [were] sin. [9] And I [that²⁹ am] the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet³⁰ make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in³¹ the days of the solemn feast. [10] I have also³² spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied³³ visions, and used³⁴ similitudes, by the ministry³⁵ of the prophets. [11] [Is there] iniquity³⁶ [in] Gilead? surely³⁷ they are vanity: they sacrifice³⁸ bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars³⁹ [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields. [12] And Jacob⁴⁰ fled into the country of Syria, and Israel⁴¹ served⁴² for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep]. [13] And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.⁴³ [14] Ephraim provoked⁴⁴ [him] to anger most bitterly⁴⁵: therefore⁴⁶ shall he leave his blood⁴⁷ upon him, and his⁴⁸ reproach shall his Lord return unto him.