Hosea 12

1 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.

Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

2 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.

The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

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

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.

4 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.

Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—

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

even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!

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

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

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

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

8 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.

Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

9 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.

“But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

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

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

11 [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.

If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

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

Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.

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

By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

14 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.

Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.