Hosea 11:12-12:14
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.
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
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