Hosea 12

1 EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, 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 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

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

4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake 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 Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.

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

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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

7 He is a merchant, 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, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me 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 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn 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 have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of 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? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

[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 country of Syria, 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 out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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

14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood 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.