Hosea 12:1-8 - God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs
1 Ephraim keepeth the air, and followeth after the east wind: he is ever increasing lies and destruction. They be confederate with the Assyrians, their oil is carried into Egypt.
2 The LORD hath a court to hold with Judah, and will punish Jacob: After their own ways and according to their own inventions, shall he recompense them. 3 He took his brother by the heel, when he was yet in his mother's womb: and in his strength he wrestled with God. 4 He strove with the angel, and gat the victory: so that he prayed and desired him. He found him at Bethel, and there he talked with us. 5 Yea, the LORD God of hosts, even the LORD himself remembered him: 6 Then turn to thy God, keep mercy and equity, and hope still in thy God.
7 But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion. 8 Ephraim thinketh thus, "Tush, I am rich, I have good enough: In all my works shall not one fault be found, that I have offended."