{"book":"Hosea","slug":"hosea","ch":12,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Hosea","prev":"hosea/11","next":"hosea/13","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.","f":["That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verses 8 and 14"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Ephraim feeds on the wind"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and pursues the east wind all day long;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he multiplies lies and violence;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"he makes a covenant with Assyria"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and sends olive oil to Egypt."}],"h":"A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.","f":["Jacob means he grasps the heel or he deceives."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah."},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will punish Jacob according to his ways"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and repay him according to his deeds."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and in his vigor he wrestled with God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —","f":["Or Angel","LXX and Syriac; MT and there He spoke with us"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he wept and sought His favor;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"he found Him at Bethel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and spoke with Him there —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"the LORD God of Hosts,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the LORD is His name of renown."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But you must return to your God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"maintain love and justice,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and always wait on your God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"A merchant loves to defraud"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with dishonest scales in his hands."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"And Ephraim boasts:“ How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that [is] sinful.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"And Ephraim boasts:“ How rich I have become!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have found wealth for myself."},{"style":"indent1","t":"In all my labors, they can find in me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no iniquity that [is] sinful.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"But I [am] the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But I [am] the LORD your God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"ever since the land of Egypt."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will again make you dwell in tents,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as in the days of the appointed feast."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I spoke through the prophets"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and multiplied their visions;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I gave parables through the prophets."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Is there iniquity [in] Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars [will be] heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Is there iniquity [in] Gilead?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"They will surely come to nothing."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Indeed, their altars [will be] heaps of stones"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the furrows of the field."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife — for a wife he tended [sheep].","f":["That is, northwest Mesopotamia"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Jacob fled to the land of Aram"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Israel worked for a wife —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for a wife he tended [sheep]."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and by a prophet he was preserved."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and repay him for his contempt."}],"style":"indent1stline"}]}