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耶和华与犹大争辩;

他必照雅各所行的惩罚他,

按他所作的报应他。

他在母腹中抓住他哥哥的脚跟,

壮年的时候又与 神角力。

他与天使角力,并且得胜;

他哀哭,向他求恩。

他在伯特利遇见 神,

 神在那里对他说话。

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The Lord has a charge(A) to bring against Judah;(B)
    he will punish(C) Jacob[a] according to his ways
    and repay him according to his deeds.(D)
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;(E)
    as a man he struggled(F) with God.
He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(G)
    and talked with him there—

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.