Hosea 12

1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

1Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

1Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

2Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

2Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.

2The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

3In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

3In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.

3In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

4yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

4And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

4He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

5even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name.

5Even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.

5Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.

6So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

7He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

7As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

8And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

8And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

8And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

9But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

9And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.

9But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

10I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

10And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

10My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

11Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

11If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

11In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.

12And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

12And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

13And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

13But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.

13And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

14Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

14Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.

14I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.