Hosea 12
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1 "Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt.1Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
2The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does.2The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
3He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God.3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.
4He even fought the angel and won; he cried and prayed to him. Then at Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us—4He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us—
5the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies— the LORD is his name. 5the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name:
6So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always.6“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”
7"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
8Ephraim claims, 'I have become rich, I have made a fortune! Because of all my wealth, no one will find any iniquity or sin in me.'8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9"Yet I remain the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival of that name. 9I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
10I spoke to the prophets, giving revelation after revelation, and employing parables in the prophetic writings. 10I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.
11"There's iniquity in Gilead, isn't there? They have become truly vain. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; their altars are like piles of stone in furrowed fields.11If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
12Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife.12Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13"By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was rescued.13By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.
14Ephraim has stirred up violent anger; therefore the guilt of his blood will remain on him, and his Lord will repay him for his contempt."14Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.
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Hosea 11
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