Hosea 12:1
1Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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1Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Hosea 12 is a courtroom scene where God, through the prophet, indicts Israel (called both Ephraim and Jacob) for a history of deceit that stretches back to their ancestor Jacob himself. The chapter weaves together the patriarch's story — his wrestling, his weeping, his encounter
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