Hosea · Catholic Public Domain Version
Hosea 12 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Ephraim feeds on wind and follows burning heat; all day long he multiplies lies and desolation. And he has entered into a pact with the Assyrians, and he has carried oil into Egypt.
1 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 Therefore, the judgment of the Lord is with Judah and a visitation is upon Jacob. He will repay him according to his ways and according to his inventions.
2 Yahweh 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 supplanted his brother; for in his good fortune, he had been guided by an angel.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
4 And he prevailed over an angel, for he had been strengthened. He wept and petitioned him. He found him in Bethel, and there he has spoken to us.
4 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 the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
5 even Yahweh, the God of Armies. Yahweh is his name of renown!
6 And so, you should convert to your God. Keep mercy and judgment, and have hope in your God always.
6 Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7 Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.
7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
8 And Ephraim has said, “Nevertheless, I have become rich; I have found an idol for myself. All of my labors will not reveal to me the iniquity that I have committed.”
8 Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
9 And I, the Lord your God from the land of Egypt, nevertheless will cause you to dwell in tabernacles, just as during the days of the feast.
9 “But I am Yahweh 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 have spoken through the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used parables through the hands of the prophets.
10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
11 If Gilead is an idol, then they have been sacrificing cattle in Gilgal to no purpose. For even their altars are like clutter on the soil of the field.
11 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 Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
13 Yet by a prophet the Lord led Israel out of Egypt, and he was served by a prophet.
13 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Ephraim has provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood will overcome him, and his Lord will requite him for his shamefulness.
14 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hosea 11:12; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 5:13; Jeremiah 22:22; Ezekiel 17:10
- 2 Micah 6:2; Isaiah 10:6; Hosea 4:1; Jeremiah 25:31; Isaiah 8:7–8
- 3 Genesis 25:26; Romans 9:11; James 5:16–18; Genesis 32:24–28
- 4 Genesis 35:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Malachi 3:1; Hebrews 6:13–18; Genesis 48:15
- 5 Exodus 3:15; Psalm 135:13; Isaiah 42:8; Genesis 28:16; Genesis 32:30
- 6 Micah 6:8; Micah 7:7; Hosea 14:1; Lamentations 3:25–26; Hosea 6:1–3
- 7 Micah 6:10–11; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5–6; Leviticus 19:35–36; Micah 3:1–3
- 8 Revelation 3:17; Psalm 62:10; Deuteronomy 8:17; Proverbs 30:20; Isaiah 10:13–14
- 9 Hosea 13:4; Leviticus 23:40–43; 2 Samuel 7:2; Nehemiah 8:15–17; Zechariah 14:16–19
- 10 2 Kings 17:13; Ezekiel 20:49; Jeremiah 7:25; Joel 2:28; Jeremiah 19:1
- 11 Hosea 4:15; Hosea 6:8; Hosea 8:11; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 10:1
- 12 Genesis 29:18–28; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 28:1–22; Genesis 27:43; Deuteronomy 26:5
- 13 Acts 3:22–23; Psalm 77:20; Exodus 12:50–51; Acts 7:35–37; Isaiah 63:11–14
- 14 Ezekiel 18:13; Daniel 11:18; 2 Kings 17:7–18; Deuteronomy 28:37; Hosea 7:16
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