Hosea 12

1Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

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.

2And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.

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

3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

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

4Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh <FI>by<Fi> weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

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,

5Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His memorial.

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

6And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

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

7Canaan! in his hand <FI>are<Fi> balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

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

8And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours--they find not against me iniquity that <FI>is<Fi> sin.'

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.

9And I--Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

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.

10And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

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

11Surely Gilead <FI>is<Fi> iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars <FI>are<Fi> as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

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

12And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

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

13And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

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

14Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!

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