{"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/dbt/hosea/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:55:59.928Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 pursueth after the east wind: all day long he 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 he 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 in his strength he wrestled with God."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"even Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his memorial."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But I that am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, 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 Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 12 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hosea 12](https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/12 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}