{"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/kjv/hosea/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:15:03.454Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The LORD 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":"He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength 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 <i>in</i> Bethel, and there he spake with us;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD <i>is</i> his memorial."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"<i>He is</i> a merchant, the balances of deceit <i>are</i> in his hand: he loveth to oppress."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: <i>in</i> all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that <i>were</i> sin."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I <i>that am</i> the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee 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":"<i>Is there</i> iniquity <i>in</i> Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars <i>are</i> 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 <i>sheep</i>."},{"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 <i>him</i> to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 12 (KJV)","markdown":"[Hosea 12](https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/hosea/12 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}