{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Hosea",
 "chapter": 12,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;"
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "And I that am 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."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him."
  }
 ],
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 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}