12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues (A)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (B)falsehood and violence;
(C)they make a covenant with Assyria,
and (D)oil is carried to Egypt.
The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah
2 (E)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
3 (F)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favour.
(G)He met God[a] at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
5 the Lord, the God of hosts,
(H)the Lord is his memorial name:
6 “So you, (I)by the help of your God, return,
(J)hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”
7 A merchant, in whose hands are (K)false balances,
he loves (L)to oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (M)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labours (N)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9 (O)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you (P)dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.
10 (Q)I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied (R)visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
11 (S)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
(T)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
(U)their altars also are like stone heaps
(V)on the furrows of the field.
12 (W)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel (X)served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 By (Y)a prophet (Z)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
and by a prophet he was guarded.
14 (AA)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
so his Lord (AB)will leave his bloodguilt on him
(AC)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him
Cross references
- Hosea 12:1 : [ch. 13:15; Jer. 18:17]
- Hosea 12:1 : [See ch. 11:12 above]; [ch. 7:13]
- Hosea 12:1 : See ch. 5:13
- Hosea 12:1 : [ch. 7:11; 2 Kgs. 17:4]
- Hosea 12:2 : See ch. 4:1
- Hosea 12:3 : Gen. 25:26; [Gen. 27:36]
- Hosea 12:4 : Gen. 28:12, 19; 35:9, 10, 15
- Hosea 12:5 : Ex. 3:15
- Hosea 12:6 : ch. 14:1, 2; Joel 2:12, 13
- Hosea 12:6 : [Mic. 6:8]
- Hosea 12:7 : Amos 8:5; Mic. 6:11; [Prov. 11:1; 20:23]
- Hosea 12:7 : Mic. 2:2
- Hosea 12:8 : Zech. 11:5; Rev. 3:17
- Hosea 12:8 : [Deut. 29:19]
- Hosea 12:9 : ch. 13:4
- Hosea 12:9 : See Lev. 23:39-43; Neh. 8:14-18
- Hosea 12:10 : [2 Kgs. 17:13]
- Hosea 12:10 : [Joel 2:28]
- Hosea 12:11 : ch. 6:8
- Hosea 12:11 : ch. 4:15; 9:15
- Hosea 12:11 : ch. 8:11
- Hosea 12:11 : ch. 10:4
- Hosea 12:12 : Gen. 28:5
- Hosea 12:12 : Gen. 29:20, 28
- Hosea 12:13 : [Deut. 18:15]
- Hosea 12:13 : Ex. 12:50, 51; Ps. 77:20; See Isa. 63:11-14
- Hosea 12:14 : 2 Kgs. 17:17
- Hosea 12:14 : See ch. 4:2
- Hosea 12:14 : ver. 2