Hosea - Chapter 12 | English Standard Version

  • 1. Ephraim 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.
  • 2. The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
  • 3. 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 favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us--
  • 5. the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name:
  • 6. "So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."
  • 7. A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
  • 8. Ephraim 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."
  • 9. I 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.
  • 10. I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.
  • 11. If 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.
  • 12. Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.
  • 13. By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.
  • 14. Ephraim 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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