{"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/drb/hosea/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:23:42.998Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Ephraim said: But yet I am be- come rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was pre- served by a prophet. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 12 (DRB)","markdown":"[Hosea 12](https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}