Hosea 12:2–4

2  eThe Lord has an indictment against Judah

and will punish Jacob according to his ways;

he will repay him according to his deeds.

3  fIn the womb he took his brother by the heel,

and gin his manhood he strove with God.

4  He strove with the angel and prevailed;

he wept and sought his favor.

He met God1 at hBethel,

and there God spoke with us—

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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]