ABP - Hosea - 12

12:1  But Ephraim is an evil spirit. He pursued the burning wind the entire day. [2empty 3and 4vain things 1He multiplied]. And [2a covenant 3with 4the Assyrians 1he ordained], and [2olive oil 3in 4Egypt 1traded].

12:2  And there is a case with the lord against Judah, to punish Jacob; according to his ways and according to his practices he will recompense to him.

12:3  In the belly he caught the heel of his brother; and in his toils he grew in strength with God.

12:4  And he grew in strength with the angel, and he prevailed; they wept and beseeched me; in the house of On they found me. There it was spoken to them.

12:5  But the lord God almighty will be his memorial.

12:6  And you [2to 3your God 1shall return]; [2mercy 3and 4judgment 1guard], and approach to your God always!

12:7  Canaan, in his hand is a yoke of iniquity; [2to tyrannize 1he loved].

12:8  And Ephraim said, But I am rich, I have found respite for myself. All produce of his toils shall not be found in him, because of iniquities in which he sinned.

12:9  But I, the lord your God, led you out of the land of Egypt; still I will settle you in tents as in the days of the holiday feast.

12:10  And I will speak by prophets, and I [2visions 1multiplied], and by the hands of prophets I was likened.

12:11  If [3not 1Gilgal 2is], then even [6false 5were 3in 4Gilgal 1rulers 2sacrificing], and their altars are as tortoise like heaps upon an uncultivated field.

12:12  And Jacob withdrew into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.

12:13  And by a prophet the lord led Israel from out of the land of Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.

12:14  Ephraim was enraged and provoked to anger, therefore his blood [2upon 3him 1shall be poured out], and [5scorning 4his 2shall recompense 1the lord 3to him].