Hosea 12 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 12

Ephraim

chases

the wind

and pursues

the east wind

all

day long;

he multiplies

lies

and violence;

he makes

a covenant

with

Assyria

and sends

olive oil

to Egypt.

The LORD also brings

a charge

against

Judah.

He will punish

Jacob

according to his ways

and repay

him

according to his deeds.

In the womb

he grasped his brother’s

heel,

and in his vigor

he wrestled

with

God.

Yes, he struggled

with

the Angel

and prevailed;

he wept

and sought His favor;

he found Him

at Bethel,

and there

He spoke

with us—

the LORD

is the God

of Hosts—

the LORD

is His name of renown.

But you

must return

to your God,

maintaining

love

and justice,

and always

waiting

on

your God.

A merchant

loves

to defraud

with dishonest

scales

in his hands.

And Ephraim

boasts:

“How rich I have become;

I have found

wealth

for myself.

In all

my labors,

they can find

in me

no

iniquity

that is

sin.”

But I am

the LORD

your God

ever since the land

of Egypt.

I will again make you dwell

in tents,

as in the days

of the appointed feast.

I spoke

through

the prophets

and

multiplied

their visions;

I gave parables

through

the prophets.

Is there

iniquity

in Gilead?

They will surely

come

to nothing.

Do they sacrifice

bulls

in Gilgal?

Indeed,

their altars will be

heaps of stones

in

the furrows

of the field.

Jacob

fled

to the land

of Aram,

and Israel

worked

for a wife;

for a wife

he tended sheep.

But by a prophet

the LORD

brought

Israel

out of Egypt,

and by a prophet

he was preserved.

Ephraim

has provoked bitter

anger,

so his Lord

will leave

his bloodguilt

upon him

and repay

him

for his contempt.

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