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—
the Lord God Almighty,
    the Lord is his name!(H)
But you must return(I) to your God;
    maintain love and justice,(J)
    and wait for your God always.(K)

The merchant uses dishonest scales(L)
    and loves to defraud.
Ephraim boasts,(M)
    “I am very rich; I have become wealthy.(N)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
    any iniquity or sin.”

“I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt;(O)
I will make you live in tents(P) again,
    as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10 I spoke to the prophets,
    gave them many visions
    and told parables(Q) through them.”(R)

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Notas al pie

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

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