{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:40:17.008Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood on him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 12 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 12](https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/hosea/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}