LEB HOS chapter 12

LEB HOS Chapter 12

12 Ephraim herds the wind[fn] and is pursuing the east wind all day long;

and he[fn] makes a treaty with Assyria ,[fn]

and oil is brought to Egypt.
2 Yahweh has a quarrel[fn] with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways
- and repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
4 He struggled with the angel and prevailed; he pleaded for his mercy.

He met him at Bethel,

and there he spoke with him.[fn]
5 Yahweh the God of hosts, Yahweh is his renowned name!
6 But you, you must return to your God; keep love and justice,
- and wait continually for your God.
7 The trader, in his hand are scales of deceit;[fn] he loves to oppress.
8 And Ephraim said, “Surely, I am rich, I gained[fn] wealth for myself;

in all my toil they have not found guilt in me

I will make you live in tents again,

like the days of the appointed festival.
10 I spoke to the prophets; I myself multiplied revelations[fn]
- and through the hand of the prophets I will destroy.
11 If in Gilead there is evil, surely they will come to nothing.

In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,

and by a prophet

he[fn] was watched over.
14 Ephraim has caused bitter provocation, and his Lord will hold him responsible for his crimes[fn]
and pay back to him his insults.

12:1 Or “Ephraim befriends the wind”

12:1 Hebrew “they”

12:1 Literally “cuts a covenant with Assyria”

12:1 This word in Hebrew conveys a legal setting

12:1 Hebrew “us”

12:1 Or “false balances”

12:1 Or “I found”

12:1 Or “from”

12:1 Hebrew “revelation”

12:1 Or “the land of Aram”

12:1 Israel

12:1 Literally “will bring down on him his blood”