12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 
12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 

12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. 
12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. 

12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 
12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 

12:4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him {in} Beth-el, and there he spoke with us; 
12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him {in} Bethel, and there he spoke with us; 

12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD {is} his memorial. 
12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD {is} his memorial. 

12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. 
12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. 

12:7 {He is} a merchant, the balances of deceit {are} in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 
12:7 {He is} a merchant, the balances of deceit {are} in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 

12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance: {in} all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that {were} sin. 
12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance: {in} all my labours they shall find no iniquity in me that {were} sin. 

12:9 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. 
12:9 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. 

12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets. 
12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 

12:11 {Is there} iniquity {in} Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars {are} as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 
12:11 {Is there} iniquity {in} Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; yea, their altars {are} as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 

12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}. 
12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}. 

12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 
12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 

12:14 Ephraim provoked {him} to anger most bitterly: therefore will he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him. 
12:14 Ephraim provoked {him} to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return to him.