Hosea 12:1WEB
Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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Hosea 12:1WEB
Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Hosea 12:2WEB
Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 12:3WEB
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
Hosea 12:4WEB
Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—
Hosea 12:5WEB
even Yahweh, the God of Armies. Yahweh is his name of renown!
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 12:6WEB
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
Hosea 12:7WEB
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
Hosea 12:8WEB
Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
Hosea 12:9WEB
“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 12:10WEB
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
Hosea 12:11WEB
If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
Hosea 12:12WEB
Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
Hosea 12:13WEB
By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 12:14WEB
Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.