Hosea 12

1 “Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day he multiplies lying and spoiling, And they make a covenant with Asshur, And oil is carried 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 And YHWH has a controversy with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, He returns to him according to his doings.

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 was a prince with God,

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

4 Indeed, he is a prince to the Messenger, And he overcomes [by] weeping, And he makes supplication to Him, At Bethel He finds him, And there He speaks 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 YHWH, God of the Hosts, YHWH [is] His memorial.

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

6 And you, through your God, turn, Keep kindness and judgment, And wait on your God continually.

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

7 Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.

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

8 And Ephraim says, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labors—they do not find against me iniquity that [is] 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—your God YHWH from the land of Egypt, Again I turn you back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

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 And I have spoken to the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use allegories.

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

11 Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, They have been only vanity, In Gilead they have sacrificed bullocks, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a 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 flees to the country of Aram, And Israel serves for a wife, Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.

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 has YHWH brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it has been watched.

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

14 Ephraim has most bitterly provoked, And he leaves his blood on himself, And his Lord turns his reproach back to 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.