LEB - Hosea - 12

12:1  Ephraim herds the wind and is pursuing the east wind all day long; he multiplies deception and violence and he ⌞makes a treaty with Assyria⌟, and oil is brought to Egypt.

12:2  Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

12:3  In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.

12:4  He struggled with the angel and prevailed; he pleaded for his mercy. He met him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him.

12:5  Yahweh the God of hosts, Yahweh is his renowned name!

12:6  But you, you must return to your God; keep love and justice, and wait continually for your God.

12:7  The trader, in his hand are scales of deceit; he loves to oppress.

12:8  And Ephraim said, “Surely, I am rich, I gained wealth for myself; in all my toil they have not found guilt in me that is sin.

12:9  But I am Yahweh your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, like the days of the appointed festival.

12:10  I spoke to the prophets; I myself multiplied revelations and through the hand of the prophets I will destroy.

12:11  If in Gilead there is evil, surely they will come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, also their altars will be like stone heaps on furrows of the field.

12:12  Jacob fled to the open field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he watched over sheep.

12:13  And by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was watched over.

12:14  Ephraim has caused bitter provocation, and his Lord will ⌞hold him responsible for his crimes⌟ and pay back to him his insults.