Hosea 12 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 EPHRAIM feeds on wind and follows after the tempest all the day long; they have multiplied lies and prey; they have made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. Ephraim 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. Ephraim 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.
2 The LORD has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; and according to his devices will he recompense him. The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds. The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he deceived his brother, and by his might he became great in the presence of God; In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God. In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God.
4 Yea, he prevailed over the angel, he made supplication to him; he found him in Beth-el, and there he spoke with him. He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us— He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there—
5 Even the LORD the God of hosts has remembered him. the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name: the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name!
6 Therefore return to your God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for your God continually. “So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
7 The balances of deceit are in the hand of Canaan, he loves to oppress. A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.
8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found grief; but all my labors will not be enough to rid me of the sin which I have sinned. Ephraim 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.” Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”
9 I am the LORD your God who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. I will again make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feasts. I 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. “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.
10 I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets. I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables. I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them.”
11 In Gilead you suffered pain, and in Gilgal you sacrificed bullocks to falsehood; your altars are like dry stalks in a barren field. If 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. Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep. Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
13 And by the prophets the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by the prophets was he preserved. By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded. The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.
14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly; therefore his blood shall come upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him. Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds. But 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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