Hosea

 1 ^aEphraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a ^bcovenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

 2 The Lord hath also a ^acontroversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

 3 ¶He took his brother by the ^aheel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

 4 Yea, he had power over the ^aangel, and ^bprevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in ^cBeth-el, and there he spake with ^dus;

 5 Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his ^amemorial.

 6 Therefore ^aturn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

 7 ¶He is a merchant, the ^abalances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

 9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in ^atabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in ^aGilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

 12 And Jacob fled into the country of ^aSyria, and Israel served for a ^bwife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

 13 And by a ^aprophet the ^bLord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his ^ablood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.