Hosea 12:1-8 - God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs
1 Ephraim fed upon the wind, and he pursued the east wind: all the day he multiplied falsehood and destruction; and they will cut out a covenant with Assur, and oil will be brought to Egypt
2 And a contention to Jehovah with Judah, and to review Jacob according to his ways; he will turn back to him according to his doings. 3 In the belly he circumvented his brother, and by his strength he was a leader with God. 4 And he will be a leader to the messenger, and he will prevail: he wept, and he will make supplication to him: in the house of God he will find him, and there he will speak with him. 5 And Jehovah God of armies, Jehovah his remembrance. 6 And thou, in thy God thou shalt turn back: watch mercy and judgment, and wait always for thy God.
7 Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress. 8 And Ephraim will say, Surely I became rich, I found to me wealth: all my labors shall not be found to me iniquity which was sin.