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| 12:1 |
 phraim feedeth on winde, and followeth after the East winde: hee daily increaseth lies and desolation, and they doe make a couenant with the Assyrians, and oyle is caried into Egypt. |
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| 12:2 |
The Lord hath also a controuersie with Iudah, and will punish Iacob according to his wayes, according to his doings will he recompense him. |
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| 12:3 |
Hee tooke his brother by the heele in the wombe, and by his strength he had power with God. |
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| 12:4 |
Yea, he had power ouer the Angel and preuailed: hee wept and made supplication vnto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with vs. |
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| 12:5 |
Euen the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memoriall. |
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| 12:6 |
Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercie and iudgement, and wait on thy God continually. |
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| 12:7 |
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: hee loueth to oppresse. |
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| 12:8 |
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I haue found mee out substance: in all my labours they shall finde none iniquitie in mee, that were sinne. |
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| 12:9 |
And I that am the Lord thy God from the lande of Egypt, will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the dayes of the solemne feast. |
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| 12:10 |
I haue also spoken by the prophets, and I haue multiplied visions, and vsed similitudes, by the ministerie of the prophets. |
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| 12:11 |
Is there iniquitie in Gilead? surely they are vanitie, they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal, yea their altars are as heapes in the furrowes of the fields. |
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| 12:12 |
And Iacob fled into the countrey of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe. |
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| 12:13 |
And by a Prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a Prophet was he preserued. |
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| 12:14 |
Ephraim prouoked him to anger, most bitterly: therefore shall he leaue his blood vpon him, and his reproch shall his Lord returne vnto him. |
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