{"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/web/hosea/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:29:52.694Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Ephraim said, |Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 12 (WEB)","markdown":"[Hosea 12](https://primebible.com/web/hosea/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/hosea/12 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}