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; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil 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 a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and 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 grasped his brother's heel; as a man he struggled 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 struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there--
5the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies— the LORD is his name. 5the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name!
6So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always.6But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
7"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.7The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.
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 boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any 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. 9"I have been the LORD your God ever since you came out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10I spoke to the prophets, giving revelation after revelation, and employing parables in the prophetic writings. 10I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them."
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.11Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed 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 country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
13"By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was rescued.13The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.
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."14But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger; his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.
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