Hosea 12

1 Ephraim tries to herd the wind, chasing after the east wind all day long. Their lies and violence keep on increasing. They make a treaty with Assyria, and send olive oil to Egypt.

Ephraim to pasture spirit: breath and to pursue east all [the] day lie and violence to multiply and covenant with Assyria to cut: make(covenant) and oil to/for Egypt to conduct

2 The Lord also has an accusation against Judah, and will punish Jacob for the way the people act; he will repay them for what they have done.

and strife to/for LORD with Judah and to/for to reckon: punish upon Jacob like/as way: conduct his like/as deed his to return: pay to/for him

3 Even in the womb he fought with his brother; when he became a man he fought with God.

in/on/with belly: womb to assail [obj] brother: male-sibling his and in/on/with strength his to strive with God

4 He fought with the angel, and he won. He wept, and begged him for a blessing. Jacob found God at Bethel, and spoke with him there—

and to reign to(wards) messenger: angel and be able to weep and be gracious to/for him Bethel Bethel to find him and there to speak: speak with us

5 the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his memorable name!

and LORD God [the] Hosts LORD memorial his

6 You must return to your God. Act lovingly and do what is right, and always wait for your God.

and you(m. s.) in/on/with God your to return: return kindness and justice to keep: careful and to await to(wards) God your continually

7 A merchant who holds in his hands dishonest scales loves to swindle.

merchant in/on/with hand his balance deceit to/for to oppress to love: lover

8 Ephraim says, “I'm rich! I've made myself wealthy! I've made so much from my work, and nobody can prove me guilty of doing wrong.”

and to say Ephraim surely to enrich to find strength to/for me all toil my not to find to/for me iniquity: crime which sin

9 But I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I will make you live again in tents like you do at the time of that particular festival.

and I LORD God your from land: country/planet Egypt still to dwell you in/on/with tent like/as day meeting: festival

10 I spoke through the prophets. I myself gave many visions and parables through the prophets.

and to speak: speak upon [the] prophet and I vision to multiply and in/on/with hand: by [the] prophet to resemble

11 If Gilead is idolatrous, they will surely come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Even their altars are like heaps of rocks in the furrows of the field.

if Gilead evil: wickedness surely vanity: vain to be in/on/with Gilgal cattle to sacrifice also altar their like/as heap upon furrow field

12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked there to gain a wife, earning a wife by looking after sheep.

and to flee Jacob land: country Aram and to serve Israel in/on/with woman: wife and in/on/with woman: wife to keep: guard

13 Through a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet they were cared for.

and in/on/with prophet to ascend: establish LORD [obj] Israel from Egypt and in/on/with prophet to keep: guard

14 Ephraim has really upset the Lord, and the Lord will let them have the consequences of their bloodshed and pay them back for their contempt.

to provoke Ephraim bitterness and blood his upon him to leave and reproach his to return: pay to/for him lord his