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Hosea 12
New Living Translation
12[1] The people of Israel[2] feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They pile up lies and violence; they are making an alliance with Assyria while sending olive oil to buy support from Egypt.
2Now the Lord is bringing charges against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob[3] for all his deceitful ways, and pay him back for all he has done.
3Even in the womb, Jacob struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.
4Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him[4] -
5the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the Lord is his name!
6So now, come back to your God. Act with love and justice, and always depend on him.
7But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales - they love to cheat.
8Israel boasts, “I am rich! I’ve made a fortune all by myself! No one has caught me cheating! My record is spotless!”
9“But I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters[5].
10I sent my prophets to warn you with many visions and parables.”
11But the people of Gilead are worthless because of their idol worship. And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls; their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone along the edges of a plowed field.
12Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he[6] earned a wife by tending sheep.
13Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants[7] out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.
14But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the Lord, so their Lord will now sentence them to death in payment for their sins.
2Now the Lord is bringing charges against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob[3] for all his deceitful ways, and pay him back for all he has done.
3Even in the womb, Jacob struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.
4Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him[4] -
5the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the Lord is his name!
6So now, come back to your God. Act with love and justice, and always depend on him.
7But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales - they love to cheat.
8Israel boasts, “I am rich! I’ve made a fortune all by myself! No one has caught me cheating! My record is spotless!”
9“But I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters[5].
10I sent my prophets to warn you with many visions and parables.”
11But the people of Gilead are worthless because of their idol worship. And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls; their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone along the edges of a plowed field.
12Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he[6] earned a wife by tending sheep.
13Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants[7] out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.
14But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the Lord, so their Lord will now sentence them to death in payment for their sins.
[1] Hosea 12:1Verses 12:1-14 are numbered 12:2-15 in Hebrew text.
[2] Hosea 12:1Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 12:8, 14.
[3] Hosea 12:2Jacob sounds like the Hebrew word for “deceiver.”
[4] Hosea 12:4As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads to us.
[5] Hosea 12:9Hebrew as in the days of your appointed feast.
[6] Hosea 12:12Hebrew Israel. See note on 10:11b.
[7] Hosea 12:13Hebrew brought Israel. See note on 10:11b.
[2] Hosea 12:1Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 12:8, 14.
[3] Hosea 12:2Jacob sounds like the Hebrew word for “deceiver.”
[4] Hosea 12:4As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads to us.
[5] Hosea 12:9Hebrew as in the days of your appointed feast.
[6] Hosea 12:12Hebrew Israel. See note on 10:11b.
[7] Hosea 12:13Hebrew brought Israel. See note on 10:11b.
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