Hosea Chapter 12 Back Next{12:1}
Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the
east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a
covenant with
Assyria, and oil is carried into
Egypt.
{12:2} Yahweh also has a controversy with
Judah, and will punish
Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
{12:3} In the womb he took his
brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.
{12:4} Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at
Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
{12:5} even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!
{12:6} Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
{12:7} A
merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
{12:8} Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
{12:9} "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn
feast.
{12:10} I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
{12:11} If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In
Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their
altars are like heaps in the
furrows of the
field.
{12:12} Jacob fled into the country of
Aram, and
Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
{12:13} By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
{12:14} Ephraim has
bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his
blood will be left on him, and his
Lord will repay his contempt.
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