Rotherham - Hosea - 12

12:1  Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify,—and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along.

12:2  But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah,—so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him.

12:3  In the womb, took he his brother by the heel; and, in his manly vigour, strove he with God:

12:4  Yea he strove against a Messenger, and prevailed, he wept, and made supplication unto him,—At Bethel, he found him, and, there, he spake with us;

12:5  And, Yahweh, is God of host,—Yahweh, is his memorial.

12:6  Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return,—lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually.

12:7  A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.

12:8  So then Ephraim said, Surely I have gotten me riches, I have found wealth for myself,—in all my toils, they cannot find in me perversity which is sin.

12:9  But, I, Yahweh, have been thy God, from the land of Egypt,—I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of appointed meeting.

12:10  And I will lay my word upon the prophets, yea, I myself, have magnified, vision,—and, by the hand of the prophets, will I use similitudes.

12:11  If, Gilead, is in sorrow, surely false, have they been, In Gilgal, have they sacrificed, bullocks,—their very altars, shall become as heaps upon the furrows of the field.

12:12  When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.

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

12:14  Ephraim hath provoked, very bitterly,—his own blood, therefore, upon him, will he leave, and, his reproach, shall his Lord, bring back to him.