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Young's Literal Version » Hosea » 12. fejezet
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Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
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And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
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In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
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Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh `by' weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,
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Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah `is' His memorial.
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And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
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Canaan! in his hand `are' balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
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And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that `is' sin.'
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And I -- Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
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And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
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Surely Gilead `is' iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars `are' as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
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And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
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And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.
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Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!