Hosea 12:4-8 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

4. Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed;he wept and sought His favor. He found him at Bethel, and there He spoke with him.

5. Yahweh is the God of Hosts;Yahweh is His name.

6. But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God.

7. A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands.

8. But Ephraim says:“How rich I have become; I made it all myself.In all my earnings,no one can find any crime in me that I can be punished for! ”

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