12:1 Ephraim
feeds
on
the
wind
and
pursues
the
east
wind
all
day
long;
they
multiply
falsehood
and
violence;
they
make
a
covenant
with
Assyria,
and
oil
is
carried
to
Egypt.
12:2 The
LORD
has
an
indictment
against
Judah
and
will
punish
Jacob
according
to
his
ways;
he
will
repay
him
according
to
his
deeds.
12:3 In
the
womb
he
took
his
brother
by
the
heel,
and
in
his
manhood
he
strove
with
God.
12:4 He
strove
with
the
angel
and
prevailed;
he
wept
and
sought
his
favor.
He
met
God
at
Bethel,
and
there
God
spoke
with
us--
12:5 the
LORD,
the
God
of
hosts,
the
LORD
is
his
memorial
name:
12:6 "So
you,
by
the
help
of
your
God,
return,
hold
fast
to
love
and
justice,
and
wait
continually
for
your
God."
12:7 A
merchant,
in
whose
hands
are
false
balances,
he
loves
to
oppress.
12:8 Ephraim
has
said,
"Ah,
but
I
am
rich;
I
have
found
wealth
for
myself;
in
all
my
labors
they
cannot
find
in
me
iniquity
or
sin."
12:9 I
am
the
LORD
your
God
from
the
land
of
Egypt;
I
will
again
make
you
dwell
in
tents,
as
in
the
days
of
the
appointed
feast.
12:10 I
spoke
to
the
prophets;
it
was
I
who
multiplied
visions,
and
through
the
prophets
gave
parables.
12:11 If
there
is
iniquity
in
Gilead,
they
shall
surely
come
to
nothing:
in
Gilgal
they
sacrifice
bulls;
their
altars
also
are
like
stone
heaps
on
the
furrows
of
the
field.
12:12 Jacob
fled
to
the
land
of
Aram;
there
Israel
served
for
a
wife,
and
for
a
wife
he
guarded
sheep.
12:13 By
a
prophet
the
LORD
brought
Israel
up
from
Egypt,
and
by
a
prophet
he
was
guarded.
12:14 Ephraim
has
given
bitter
provocation;
so
his
Lord
will
leave
his
bloodguilt
on
him
and
will
repay
him
for
his
disgraceful
deeds.