Hosea 12

v.3

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God.

v.4

He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept an begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there -

Look at Genesis 32:24.

v.7

The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud.

v.8

Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”

v.11

Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.