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Hosea 11:12-13:14
New King James Version
Hosea 11:12-13:14
New King James Version
God’s Charge Against Ephraim
12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the [a]Holy One who is faithful.
Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God
12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [b]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [c]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.
2 “The(D) Lord also brings a [d]charge against Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
According to his deeds He will recompense him.
3 He took his brother (E)by the heel in the womb,
And in his strength he (F)struggled with God.
4 Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
He wept, and sought favor from Him.
He found Him in (G)Bethel,
And there He spoke to us—
5 That is, the Lord God of hosts.
The Lord is His (H)memorable name.
6 (I)So you, by the help of your God, return;
Observe mercy and justice,
And wait on your God continually.
7 “A cunning [e]Canaanite!
(J)Deceitful scales are in his hand;
He loves to oppress.
8 And Ephraim said,
(K)‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’
9 “But I am the Lord your God,
Ever since the land of Egypt;
(L)I will again make you dwell in tents,
As in the days of the appointed feast.
10 (M)I have also spoken by the prophets,
And have multiplied visions;
I have given [f]symbols [g]through the witness of the prophets.”
11 Though (N)Gilead has idols—
Surely they are [h]vanity—
Though they sacrifice bulls in (O)Gilgal,
Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.
12 Jacob (P)fled to the country of Syria;
(Q)Israel served for a spouse,
And for a wife he tended sheep.
13 (R)By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,
And by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Ephraim (S)provoked Him to anger most bitterly;
Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him,
(T)And return his reproach upon him.
Relentless Judgment on Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
2 Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let [i]the men who sacrifice [j]kiss the calves!”
3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
(U)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
4 “Yet (V)I am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For (W)there is no savior besides Me.
5 (X)I [k]knew you in the wilderness,
(Y)In the land of [l]great drought.
6 (Z)When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.
7 “So (AA)I will be to them like a lion;
Like (AB)a leopard by the road I will lurk;
8 I will meet them (AC)like a bear deprived of her cubs;
I will tear open their rib cage,
And there I will devour them like a lion.
The [m]wild beast shall tear them.
9 “O Israel, [n]you are destroyed,
But [o]your help is from Me.
10 [p]I will be your King;
(AD)Where is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom (AE)you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 (AF)I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.
12 “The(AG) iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.
13 (AH)The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.
14 “I will ransom them from the [q]power of [r]the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
(AI)O Death, [s]I will be your plagues!
O [t]Grave, [u]I will be your destruction!
(AJ)Pity is hidden from My eyes.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:12 Or holy ones
- Hosea 12:1 ruin
- Hosea 12:1 Or treaty
- Hosea 12:2 A legal complaint
- Hosea 12:7 Or merchant
- Hosea 12:10 Or parables
- Hosea 12:10 Lit. by the hand
- Hosea 12:11 worthless
- Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
- Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses
- Hosea 13:5 Cared for you
- Hosea 13:5 Lit. droughts
- Hosea 13:8 Lit. beast of the field
- Hosea 13:9 Lit. it or he destroyed you
- Hosea 13:9 Lit. in your help
- Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Where is your king?
- Hosea 13:14 Lit. hand
- Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol
- Hosea 13:14 LXX where is your punishment?
- Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol
- Hosea 13:14 LXX where is your sting?
הושע 11:12-13:14
The Westminster Leningrad Codex
הושע 11:12-13:14
The Westminster Leningrad Codex
12 סְבָבֻ֤נִי בְכַ֙חַשׁ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וּבְמִרְמָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וִֽיהוּדָ֗ה עֹ֥ד רָד֙ עִם־אֵ֔ל וְעִם־קְדוֹשִׁ֖ים נֶאֱמָֽן׃
2 אֶפְרַ֜יִם רֹעֶ֥ה ר֙וּחַ֙ וְרֹדֵ֣ף קָדִ֔ים כָּל־הַיּ֕וֹם כָּזָ֥ב וָשֹׁ֖ד יַרְבֶּ֑ה וּבְרִית֙ עִם־אַשּׁ֣וּר יִכְרֹ֔תוּ וְשֶׁ֖מֶן לְמִצְרַ֥יִם יוּבָֽל׃
3 וְרִ֥יב לַֽיהוָ֖ה עִם־יְהוּדָ֑ה וְלִפְקֹ֤ד עַֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ כִּדְרָכָ֔יו כְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו יָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃
4 בַּבֶּ֖טֶן עָקַ֣ב אֶת־אָחִ֑יו וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹ שָׂרָ֥ה אֶת־אֱלֹהִֽים׃
5 וָיָּ֤שַׂר אֶל־מַלְאָךְ֙ וַיֻּכָ֔ל בָּכָ֖ה וַיִּתְחַנֶּן־ל֑וֹ בֵּֽית־אֵל֙ יִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּ וְשָׁ֖ם יְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּֽנוּ׃
6 וַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַצְּבָא֑וֹת יְהוָ֖ה זִכְרֽוֹ׃
7 וְאַתָּ֖ה בֵּאלֹהֶ֣יךָ תָשׁ֑וּב חֶ֤סֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט֙ שְׁמֹ֔ר וְקַוֵּ֥ה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ תָּמִֽיד׃
8 כְּנַ֗עַן בְּיָד֛וֹ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃
9 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶפְרַ֔יִם אַ֣ךְ עָשַׁ֔רְתִּי מָצָ֥אתִי א֖וֹן לִ֑י כָּל־יְגִיעַ֕י לֹ֥א יִמְצְאוּ־לִ֖י עָוֺ֥ן אֲשֶׁר־חֵֽטְא׃
10 וְאָנֹכִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם עֹ֛ד אוֹשִֽׁיבְךָ֥ בָאֳהָלִ֖ים כִּימֵ֥י מוֹעֵֽד׃
11 וְדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ עַל־הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים וְאָנֹכִ֖י חָז֣וֹן הִרְבֵּ֑יתִי וּבְיַ֥ד הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים אֲדַמֶּֽה׃
12 אִם־גִּלְעָ֥ד אָ֙וֶן֙ אַךְ־שָׁ֣וְא הָי֔וּ בַּגִּלְגָּ֖ל שְׁוָרִ֣ים זִבֵּ֑חוּ גַּ֤ם מִזְבְּחוֹתָם֙ כְּגַלִּ֔ים עַ֖ל תַּלְמֵ֥י שָׂדָֽי׃
13 וַיִּבְרַ֥ח יַעֲקֹ֖ב שְׂדֵ֣ה אֲרָ֑ם וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּאִשָּׁ֔ה וּבְאִשָּׁ֖ה שָׁמָֽר׃
14 וּבְנָבִ֕יא הֶעֱלָ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וּבְנָבִ֖יא נִשְׁמָֽר׃
15 הִכְעִ֥יס אֶפְרַ֖יִם תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים וְדָמָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יִטּ֔וֹשׁ וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹ יָשִׁ֥יב ל֖וֹ אֲדֹנָֽיו׃
13 כְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ רְתֵ֔ת נָשָׂ֥א ה֖וּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥ם בַּבַּ֖עַל וַיָּמֹֽת׃
2 וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ יוֹסִ֣פוּ לַחֲטֹ֗א וַיַּעְשׂ֣וּ לָהֶם֩ מַסֵּכָ֨ה מִכַּסְפָּ֤ם כִּתְבוּנָם֙ עֲצַבִּ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חָרָשִׁ֖ים כֻּלֹּ֑ה לָהֶם֙ הֵ֣ם אֹמְרִ֔ים זֹבְחֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם עֲגָלִ֖ים יִשָּׁקֽוּן׃
3 לָכֵ֗ן יִֽהְיוּ֙ כַּעֲנַן־בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הֹלֵ֑ךְ כְּמֹץ֙ יְסֹעֵ֣ר מִגֹּ֔רֶן וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃
4 וְאָנֹכִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וֵאלֹהִ֤ים זֽוּלָתִי֙ לֹ֣א תֵדָ֔ע וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אַ֖יִן בִּלְתִּֽי׃
5 אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃
6 כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ שָׂבְע֖וּ וַיָּ֣רָם לִבָּ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃
7 וָאֱהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר׃
8 אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ כְּדֹ֣ב שַׁכּ֔וּל וְאֶקְרַ֖ע סְג֣וֹר לִבָּ֑ם וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם שָׁם֙ כְּלָבִ֔יא חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃
9 שִֽׁחֶתְךָ֥ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּֽי־בִ֥י בְעֶזְרֶֽךָ׃
10 אֱהִ֤י מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֵפ֔וֹא וְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ בְּכָל־עָרֶ֑יךָ וְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ וְשָׂרִֽים׃
11 אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וְאֶקַּ֖ח בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ ס
12 צָרוּר֙ עֲוֺ֣ן אֶפְרָ֔יִם צְפוּנָ֖ה חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃
13 חֶבְלֵ֥י יֽוֹלֵדָ֖ה יָבֹ֣אוּ ל֑וֹ הוּא־בֵן֙ לֹ֣א חָכָ֔ם כִּֽי־עֵ֥ת לֹֽא־יַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּמִשְׁבַּ֥ר בָּנִֽים׃
14 מִיַּ֤ד שְׁאוֹל֙ אֶפְדֵּ֔ם מִמָּ֖וֶת אֶגְאָלֵ֑ם אֱהִ֨י דְבָרֶיךָ֜ מָ֗וֶת אֱהִ֤י קָֽטָבְךָ֙ שְׁא֔וֹל נֹ֖חַם יִסָּתֵ֥ר מֵעֵינָֽי׃
Hosea 11:12-13:14
New American Standard Bible
Hosea 11:12-13:14
New American Standard Bible
12 [a]Ephraim surrounds Me with (A)lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
[b]Judah is still unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.
Ephraim Reminded
12 [c]Ephraim feeds on (B)wind,
And pursues the (C)east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, [d]he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is brought to Egypt.
2 The Lord also has a (D)case against Judah,
And will punish Jacob (E)according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he (F)took his brother by the heel,
And in his mature strength he (G)contended with God.
4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and (H)implored His favor.
He found Him at (I)Bethel,
And there He spoke with us,
5 And the Lord, the God of armies,
The Lord is His [e](J)name.
6 So as for you, (K)return to your God,
(L)Maintain [f]kindness and justice,
And (M)wait for your God continually.
7 A [g]merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent (N)balances,
Loves to exploit.
8 And Ephraim said, “I have certainly become (O)rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
(P)No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”
9 But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you (Q)live in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
10 I have also spoken to the (R)prophets,
And I [h]provided many visions,
And through the prophets I spoke in (S)parables.
11 Is there injustice in Gilead?
Certainly they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, (T)their altars are like stone heaps
Beside the furrows of a field.
12 Now (U)Jacob fled to the [i]land of Aram,
And (V)Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
13 But by a (W)prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
And by a prophet he was protected.
14 (X)Ephraim has provoked God to bitter anger;
So his Lord will leave his (Y)guilt for bloodshed on him
And bring his (Z)disgrace back to him.
Ephraim’s Idolatry
13 (AA)When Ephraim [j]spoke, there was trembling.
He (AB)exalted himself in Israel,
But through (AC)Baal he incurred guilt and died.
2 And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves (AD)cast metal images,
Idols [k](AE)skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the (AF)work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the [l]people who sacrifice kiss the (AG)calves!”
3 Therefore they will be like the (AH)morning cloud
And like dew which [m]soon disappears,
Like (AI)chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor,
And like (AJ)smoke from a chimney.
4 Yet I have been the (AK)Lord your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know (AL)any god except Me,
For there is no savior (AM)besides Me.
5 I [n](AN)cared for you in the wilderness,
(AO)In the land of drought.
6 As they had their pasture, they became (AP)satisfied,
And as they became satisfied, their (AQ)heart became proud;
Therefore they (AR)forgot Me.
7 So I will be (AS)like a lion to them;
Like a (AT)leopard I will [o]lie in wait by the wayside.
8 I will confront them (AU)like a bear deprived of her cubs,
And I will tear open [p]their chests;
I will also (AV)devour them there like a lioness,
As a wild animal would tear them to pieces.
9 [q]It is to your own destruction, Israel,
That you are (AW)against Me, against your (AX)help.
10 Where then is your (AY)king,
That he might save you in all your cities;
And your (AZ)judges, to whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 I (BA)gave you a king in My anger,
And (BB)took him away in My wrath.
12 The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up;
His sin is (BC)stored up.
13 The pains of (BD)childbirth come on him;
He is (BE)not a wise son,
For [r]it is not the time that he should (BF)delay at the opening of the womb.
14 Shall I (BG)ransom them from the [s]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
(BH)Death, where are your [t]thorns?
Sheol, where is your sting?
(BI)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Heb
- Hosea 11:12 Or But Judah still goes about with God, even with
- Hosea 12:1 Ch 12:2 in Heb
- Hosea 12:1 Lit they make
- Hosea 12:5 Lit invocation
- Hosea 12:6 Or loyalty
- Hosea 12:7 Or Canaanite
- Hosea 12:10 Lit multiplied the vision
- Hosea 12:12 Lit field
- Hosea 13:1 Or spoke with trembling, he exalted
- Hosea 13:2 Or according to their skill
- Hosea 13:2 Lit sacrificers of; or among mankind
- Hosea 13:3 Lit goes away early
- Hosea 13:5 Or knew
- Hosea 13:7 Or watch
- Hosea 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their heart
- Hosea 13:9 Lit It has destroyed you
- Hosea 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not remain at the opening of children
- Hosea 13:14 Lit hand
- Hosea 13:14 Or stings
Hosea 11:12-13:14
New International Version
Hosea 11:12-13:14
New International Version
Israel’s Sin
12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,(A)
Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
even against the faithful(B) Holy One.[a](C)
12 [b]1 Ephraim(D) feeds on the wind;(E)
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.(F)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(G)
and sends olive oil to Egypt.(H)
2 The Lord has a charge(I) to bring against Judah;(J)
he will punish(K) Jacob[c] according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.(L)
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;(M)
as a man he struggled(N) with God.
4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(O)
and talked with him there—
5 the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!(P)
6 But you must return(Q) to your God;
maintain love and justice,(R)
and wait for your God always.(S)
7 The merchant uses dishonest scales(T)
and loves to defraud.
8 Ephraim boasts,(U)
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.(V)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
9 “I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt;(W)
I will make you live in tents(X) again,
as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10 I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables(Y) through them.”(Z)
11 Is Gilead wicked?(AA)
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(AB)
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.(AC)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[d];(AD)
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep.(AE)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(AF)
by a prophet he cared for him.(AG)
14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed(AH)
and will repay him for his contempt.(AI)
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;(AJ)
he was exalted(AK) in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship(AL) and died.
2 Now they sin more and more;
they make(AM) idols for themselves from their silver,(AN)
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.(AO)
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss[e](AP) calf-idols!(AQ)”
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,(AR)
like chaff(AS) swirling from a threshing floor,(AT)
like smoke(AU) escaping through a window.
4 “But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.(AV)
You shall acknowledge(AW) no God but me,(AX)
no Savior(AY) except me.
5 I cared for you in the wilderness,(AZ)
in the land of burning heat.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;(BA)
then they forgot(BB) me.(BC)
7 So I will be like a lion(BD) to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(BE)
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(BF) I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.(BG)
9 “You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me,(BH) against your helper.(BI)
10 Where is your king,(BJ) that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?(BK)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(BL)
and in my wrath I took him away.(BM)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.(BN)
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(BO) come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(BP) arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(BQ)
14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(BR)
I will redeem them from death.(BS)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?(BT)
“I will have no compassion,
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.
- Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.
- Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
- Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss
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