Hosea 12

1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Ephraim [is] feeding wind and [is] pursuing an east wind all the day falsehood and violence he increases and a covenant with Assyria they are making and oil to Egypt it is carried.

2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

And a case at law [belongs] to Yahweh with Judah and to visit [judgment] on Jacob according to ways his according to deeds his he will repay to him.

3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

In the womb he took by [the] heel brother his and in manly vigor his he struggled with God.

4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —

And he struggled against an angel and he prevailed he wept and he sought favor to him Beth-el he found him and there he spoke with us.

5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.

And Yahweh [the] God of hosts Yahweh [is] memorial his.

6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

And you in God your you will return loyalty and justice keep and wait to God your continually.

7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

Canaan [who are] in hand his scales of deceit to defraud he loves.

8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

And he has said Ephraim surely I have become rich I have found wealth for myself all toil my not people will find to me iniquity which [is] sin.

9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

And I [have been] Yahweh God your from [the] land of Egypt again I will cause to dwell you in tents like [the] days of an appointed feast.

10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

And I spoke to the prophets and I vision[s] I multiplied and by [the] hand of the prophets I gave parables.

11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

[is] Gilead Wickedness surely worthlessness they are in Gilgal bulls they have sacrificed also altars their [are] like heaps of stones on [the] furrows of a field.

12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.

And he fled Jacob [the] region of Aram and he served Israel for a wife and for a wife he kept [flocks].

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

And by a prophet he brought up Yahweh Israel from Egypt and by a prophet he was kept.

14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

He has provoked to anger Ephraim bitterness and blood his on him he will leave and reproach his he will repay to him lord his.