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Read Full Chapter (Hosea 12) Hosea 12:7-9 KJV
"He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 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. 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."
Hosea 12:7-9 in Context (Verses 4–12 KJV)
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Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
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Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
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¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.**
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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.**
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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.
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I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.*
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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.
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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.