Hosea 12:2-14
English Standard Version
The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah
2 (A)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
3 (B)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.
(C)He met God[a] at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
5 the Lord, the God of hosts,
(D)the Lord is his memorial name:
6 “So you, (E)by the help of your God, return,
(F)hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”
7 A merchant, in whose hands are (G)false balances,
he loves (H)to oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (I)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (J)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9 (K)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you (L)dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.
10 (M)I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied (N)visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
11 (O)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
(P)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
(Q)their altars also are like stone heaps
(R)on the furrows of the field.
12 (S)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel (T)served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 By (U)a prophet (V)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
and by a prophet he was guarded.
14 (W)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
so his Lord (X)will leave his bloodguilt on him
(Y)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him
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