Hosea 12

1 Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into 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 has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

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 body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

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

4 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

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 Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

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

6 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

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

7 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

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

8 And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

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 from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

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 My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

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

11 In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed 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 And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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

13 And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

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

14 I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.

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.