12 “以法莲以风为食,
整天追逐东风,
虚谎和暴力日益增多;
他跟亚述结盟,
向埃及进贡橄榄油。”

耶和华指控犹大;
要按雅各所行的惩罚他,
照雅各所做的报应他。
雅各在母胎之中曾抓住哥哥的脚跟,
壮年之时曾跟上帝角力。

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12 Ephraim herds the wind[a]
    and is pursuing the east wind all day long;
he multiplies deception and violence
    and he[b] makes a treaty with Assyria,[c]
    and oil is brought to Egypt.
Yahweh has a quarrel[d] with Judah
    and will punish Jacob according to his ways
        and repay him according to his deeds.
In the womb he deceived his brother,
    and in his manhood he struggled with God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 Or “Ephraim befriends the wind”
  2. Hosea 12:1 Hebrew “they”
  3. Hosea 12:1 Literally “cuts a covenant with Assyria”
  4. Hosea 12:2 This word in Hebrew conveys a legal setting