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Yahweh has a quarrel[a] with Judah
    and will punish Jacob according to his ways
        and repay him according to his deeds.
In the womb he deceived his brother,
    and in his manhood he struggled with God.
He struggled with the angel and prevailed;
    he pleaded for his mercy.
He met him at Bethel,
    and there he spoke with him.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:2 This word in Hebrew conveys a legal setting
  2. Hosea 12:4 Hebrew “us”