Hosea 12-14
English Standard Version
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 favor.
(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 labors (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.
The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
(AD)he was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt (AE)through Baal and died.
2 And now they sin more and more,
and (AF)make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
(AG)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice (AH)kiss calves!”
3 Therefore they shall be (AI)like the morning mist
or (AJ)like the dew that goes early away,
(AK)like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or (AL)like smoke from a window.
4 But (AM)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
(AN)you know no God but me,
and (AO)besides me there is no savior.
5 (AP)It was I who knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought;
6 (AQ)but when they had grazed,[b] they became full,
(AR)they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
(AS)therefore they forgot me.
7 So (AT)I am to them like a lion;
(AU)like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them (AV)like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
(AW)as a wild beast would rip them open.
9 He destroys[c] you, O Israel,
for you are against me, against (AX)your helper.
10 (AY)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers—
those of whom (AZ)you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 (BA)I gave you a king in my anger,
and (BB)I took him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is (BC)bound up;
his sin is (BD)kept in store.
13 (BE)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(BF)at the opening of the womb.
14 (BG)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
(BH)I shall redeem them from Death.[d]
(BI)O (BJ)Death, where are your plagues?
(BK)O (BL)Sheol, where is your sting?
(BM)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
15 Though (BN)he may flourish among his brothers,
(BO)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
(BP)and his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (BQ)his treasury
of every precious thing.
16 [e] Samaria (BR)shall bear her guilt,
because (BS)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
(BT)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their (BU)pregnant women ripped open.
A Plea to Return to the Lord
14 (BV)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for (BW)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept (BX)what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
(BY)the vows[f] of our lips.
3 (BZ)Assyria shall not save us;
(CA)we will not ride on horses;
and (CB)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(CC)In you the orphan finds mercy.”
4 I (CD)will heal their apostasy;
(CE)I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
5 (CF)I will be like the dew to Israel;
(CG)he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees (CH)of Lebanon;
6 his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be (CI)like the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 They shall return and (CJ)dwell beneath my[g] shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O (CK)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[h]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
(CL)from me comes your fruit.
9 (CM)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and (CN)the upright walk in them,
(CO)but transgressors stumble in them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him
- Hosea 13:6 Hebrew according to their pasture
- Hosea 13:9 Or I will destroy
- Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
- Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew
- Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
- Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his
- Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him
Revelation 5
English Standard Version
The Scroll and the Lamb
5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne (A)a scroll written within and on the back, (B)sealed with seven seals. 2 And (C)I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, (D)the Lion (E)of the tribe of Judah, (F)the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw (G)a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with (H)seven eyes, which are (I)the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders (J)fell down before the Lamb, (K)each holding a harp, and (L)golden bowls full of incense, (M)which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang (N)a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for (O)you were slain, and by your blood (P)you ransomed people for God
from (Q)every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them (R)a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering (S)myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,
(T)“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And I heard (U)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
14 And the four living creatures (V)said, “Amen!” and the elders (W)fell down and worshiped.
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