Hosea 12:3-14 ▼

3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his strength he struggled with God.

4 He struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought favor from Him; at Bethel he found Him, and there He spoke with Him,

5 and YHWH, God of Hosts—YHWH is His memorial.

6 And you must return to your God; Keep love and justice, and wait for your God continually!

7 A Canaanite has scales of deceit in his hand; he loves to oppress.

8 And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they will find in me no iniquity that is sin.”

9 And I am YHWH your God, from the land of Egypt; again I will make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

10 And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the hand of the prophets I have given parables.

11 If iniquity is in Gilead, surely they are worthless; In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; even their altars are as heaps over the furrows of the field.

12 And Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he tended.

13 And by a prophet YHWH brought up Israel from Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept.

14 Ephraim has provoked to anger bitterly, and his bloodguilt He will leave upon him, and his reproach his Lord will make return to him.