Hosea 12

1 Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried 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 hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.

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 took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;

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

4 So he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him; at Beth-el he would find him, and there he would speak with us;

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 But the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is His name.

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

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

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

7 As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.

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

8 And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'

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 thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed season.

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 have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

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

11 If Gilead be given to iniquity becoming altogether vanity, in Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks; yea, their altars shall be as heaps 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 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served 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 brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he kept.

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

14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto 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.