Hosea 12

¹Ephraim 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

²Therefore, 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

³In the womb, he supplanted his brother; for in his good fortune, he had been guided by an angel

⁴And 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

⁵And the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial

⁶And so, you should convert to your God. Keep mercy and judgment, and have hope in your God always

⁷Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations

⁸And 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.

⁹And 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

¹⁰And I have spoken through the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used parables through the hands of the prophets

¹¹If 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

¹²Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife

¹³Yet by a prophet the Lord led Israel out of Egypt, and he was served by a prophet

¹⁴Ephraim has provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood will overcome him, and his Lord will requite him for his shamefulness