Ephraim Reminded
12 Ephraim feeds on (A)wind,
And pursues the (B)east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is brought to Egypt.
2 The Lord also has a (C)case against Judah,
And will punish Jacob (D)according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he (E)took his brother by the heel,
And in his mature strength he (F)contended with God.
4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and (G)implored His favor.
He found Him at (H)Bethel,
And there He spoke with us,
5 And the Lord, the God of armies,
The Lord is His (I)name.
6 So as for you, (J)return to your God,
(K)Maintain kindness and justice,
And (L)wait for your God continually.
7 A merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent (M)balances,
Loves to exploit.
8 And Ephraim said, “I have certainly become (N)rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
(O)No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”
9 But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you (P)live in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
10 I have also spoken to the (Q)prophets,
And I provided many visions,
And through the prophets I spoke in (R)parables.
11 Is there injustice in Gilead?
Certainly they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, (S)their altars are like stone heaps
Beside the furrows of a field.
12 Now (T)Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
And (U)Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
13 But by a (V)prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
And by a prophet he was protected.
14 (W)Ephraim has provoked God to bitter anger;
So his Lord will leave his (X)guilt for bloodshed on him
And bring his (Y)disgrace back to him.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:1
- Hosea 12:1
- Hosea 12:5
- Hosea 12:6
- Hosea 12:7
- Hosea 12:10
- Hosea 12:12
Cross references
- Hosea 12:1 : Jer 22:22
- Hosea 12:1 : Gen 41:6; Ezek 17:10
- Hosea 12:2 : Hos 4:1; Mic 6:2
- Hosea 12:2 : Hos 4:9; 7:2
- Hosea 12:3 : Gen 25:26
- Hosea 12:3 : Gen 32:28
- Hosea 12:4 : Gen 32:26
- Hosea 12:4 : Gen 28:13-19; 35:10-15
- Hosea 12:5 : Ex 3:15
- Hosea 12:6 : Hos 6:1-3; 10:12
- Hosea 12:6 : Mic 6:8
- Hosea 12:6 : Mic 7:7
- Hosea 12:7 : Prov 11:1; Amos 8:5; Mic 6:11
- Hosea 12:8 : Ps 62:10; Hos 13:6; Rev 3:17
- Hosea 12:8 : Hos 4:8; 14:1
- Hosea 12:9 : Lev 23:42
- Hosea 12:10 : 2 Kin 17:13; Jer 7:25
- Hosea 12:10 : Ezek 17:2; 20:49
- Hosea 12:11 : Hos 8:11; 10:1, 2
- Hosea 12:12 : Gen 28:5
- Hosea 12:12 : Gen 29:20
- Hosea 12:13 : Ex 14:19-22; Is 63:11-14
- Hosea 12:14 : 2 Kin 17:7-18
- Hosea 12:14 : Ezek 18:10-13
- Hosea 12:14 : Dan 11:18; Mic 6:16
