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 the wind and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. They make a covenant with Assyria and carry olive oil to 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.

Yahweh also has a lawsuit against Judah and will punish Jacob for what he has done; he will repay him for his deeds.

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

In the womb Jacob grasped his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he struggled 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.

He struggled with the angel and won. He wept and begged for his favor. He met God at Bethel; there God spoke with him.

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

This is Yahweh, the God of hosts; “Yahweh” is his name to be called on.

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

So turn to your God. Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

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

The merchants have false scales in their hands; they love 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, “I have certainly become very rich; I have found wealth for myself. In all my work they will not find any iniquity in me, anything that would be 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.

“I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will again make you live in tents, as in the days of the appointed festival.

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

I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions for you. By the hand of the prophets I gave 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 there is wickedness in Gilead, surely the people are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars will be like heaps of stone in the furrows of the fields.

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 to the land of Aram; Israel worked in order to get a wife; and he kept flocks of sheep to get a wife.

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

Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet he took care of them.

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 angered Yahweh. So his Lord will leave his blood on him and will turn back on him his disgrace.