Hosea 12
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1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt. 1Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
2The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him based on his actions. 2The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
3In the womb he grasped his brother's heel, and as an adult he wrestled with God. 3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.
4Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor. He found him at Bethel, and there He spoke with him. 4He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us—
5Yahweh is the God of Hosts; Yahweh is His name. 5the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name:
6But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God. 6“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”
7A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands. 7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
8But Ephraim says:" How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any crime in me that I can be punished for!" 8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9I have been Yahweh your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days. 9I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
10I spoke through the prophets and granted many visions; I gave parables through the prophets. 10I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.
11Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like heaps of rocks on the furrows of a field. 11If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
12Jacob fled to the land of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife. 12Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, and Israel was tended by a prophet. 13By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.
14Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and repay him for his contempt. 14Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.
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Hosea 11
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