{"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/asv/hosea/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:39:38.833Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name ."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept'sheep ."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 12 (ASV)","markdown":"[Hosea 12](https://primebible.com/asv/hosea/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/hosea/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}