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  12:1 ¶
But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things, and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of traffic into Mizraim{gr.Egypt}. |
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12:1 ¶
Ephraim°
feedeth°°
on wind,°
and followeth°°
after°
the east wind:°
he daily°°
increaseth°°
lies°
and desolation;°
and they do make°°
a covenant°
with°
the Assyrians,°
and oil°
is carried°°
into Egypt.° |
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12:2
And the Lord [has] a controversy with Judah{gr.Juda}, in order to punish Jacob: according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him. |
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12:2
Yahweh°
hath also a controversy°
with°
Judah,°
and will punish°°°
Jacob°
according to his ways;°
according to his doings°
will he recompense°°
him. |
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12:3 ¶
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labours he had power with God. |
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12:3 ¶
He took his brother°
by the heel°°°°
in the womb,°
and by his strength°
he had power°°
with°
Elohim:° |
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12:4
And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and intreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there [a word] was spoken to them. |
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12:4
Yea, he had power°°°
over°
the angel,°
and prevailed:°°
he wept,°°
and made supplication°°
unto him: he found°°
him [in] Bethel,°
and there°
he spake°°
with°
us; |
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12:5
But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial. |
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12:5
Even Yahweh°
Elohim°
Sabaoth;°
Yahweh°
[is] his memorial.° |
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12:6
Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually. |
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12:6
Therefore turn°°
thou°
to thy Elohim:°
keep°°
mercy°
and judgment,°
and wait°°
on°
thy Elohim°
continually.° |
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12:7 ¶
[As for] Canaan{gr.Chanaan}, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize. |
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12:7 ¶
[He is] a merchant,°
the balances°
of deceit°
[are] in his hand:°
he loveth°°
to oppress.°° |
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12:8
And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labours shall be found [available] to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed. |
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12:8
And Ephraim°
said,°°
Yet°
I am become rich,°°
I have found me out°°
substance:°
[in] all°
my labours°
they shall find°°
none°
iniquity°
in me that°
[were] sin.° |
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12:9
But I the Lord thy God brought thee up out of the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}: I will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, according to the days of the feast. |
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12:9
And I°
[that am] Yahweh°
thy Elohim°
from the land°°
of Egypt°
will yet°
make thee to dwell°°
in tabernacles,°
as in the days°
of the solemn feast.° |
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12:10
And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets I was represented. |
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12:10
I have also spoken°°
by°
the prophets,°
and I°
have multiplied°°
visions,°
and used similitudes,°°
by the ministry°
of the prophets.° |
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12:11
If Gilead{gr.Galaad} exists not, then the chiefs in Gilead{gr.Galaad} when they sacrificed were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field. |
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12:11
[Is there] iniquity°
[in] Gilead?°
surely°
they are°
vanity:°
they sacrifice°°
bullocks°
in Gilgal;°
yea,°
their altars°
[are] as heaps°
in°
the furrows°
of the fields.° |
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12:12
And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife. |
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12:12
And Jacob°
fled°°
into the country°
of Syria,°
and Israel°
served°°
for a wife,°
and for a wife°
he kept°°
[sheep]. |
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12:13
And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt} by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve. |
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12:13
And by a prophet°
Yahweh°
brought°°°
Israel°
out of Egypt,°°
and by a prophet°
was he preserved.°° |
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12:14
Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach. |
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12:14
Ephraim°
provoked [him] to anger°°
most bitterly:°
therefore shall he leave°°
his blood°
upon°
him, and his reproach°
shall his Adonim°
return°°
unto him. |
