Men Herren skall gå till rätta med Juda
och bestraffa Jakob efter hans vägar.
Efter hans gärningar skall han vedergälla honom.
I moderlivet grep han sin bror i hälen,
när han blivit man kämpade han med Gud.
Ja, han kämpade med ängeln
    och vann seger,
han grät och bad honom om nåd.
    I Betel mötte han honom,
och där talade han med oss,

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Men Herren ska gå till rätta
        med Juda
    och straffa Jakob efter hans vägar,
        ge honom efter hans gärningar.
(A) I moderlivet
        grep han sin bror i hälen,
    i sin mannakraft
        kämpade han med Gud.
(B) Ja, han kämpade med ängeln
        och vann seger,
    han grät och bad honom
        om nåd.
    I Betel mötte han honom,
        och där talade han med oss[a],

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Footnotes

  1. 12:4 med oss   Andra handskrifter (Septuaginta): ”med honom” (Jakob).

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.

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;

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