Hosea 12:4-14 ▼

4 Indeed, he is a prince to the Messenger, || And he overcomes [by] weeping, || And he makes supplication to Him, || At Bethel He finds him, || And there He speaks with us,

5 Even YHWH, God of the Hosts, YHWH [is] His memorial.

6 And you, through your God, turn, || Keep kindness and judgment, || And wait on your God continually.

7 Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.

8 And Ephraim says, || Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, || All my labors—they do not find against me iniquity that [is] sin.

9 And I—your God YHWH from the land of Egypt, || Again I turn you back into tents, || As in the days of the appointed time.

10 And I have spoken to the prophets, || And I have multiplied vision, || And by the hand of the prophets I use allegories.

11 Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, || They have been only vanity, || In Gilead they have sacrificed bullocks, || Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

12 And Jacob flees to the country of Aram, || And Israel serves for a wife, || Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.

13 And by a prophet has YHWH brought up Israel out of Egypt, || And by a prophet it has been watched.

14 Ephraim has most bitterly provoked, || And he leaves his blood on himself, || And his Lord turns his reproach back to him!”