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Hosea 12

aThe people of Israelb 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.

Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God

“Ephraim feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

Now the LORD is bringing charges against Judah.
He is about to punish Jacobc for all his deceitful ways,
and pay him back for all he has done.

“The Lord also brings a [c]charge against Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
According to his deeds He will recompense him.

Even in the womb,
Jacob struggled with his brother;
when he became a man,
he even fought with God.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb,
And in his strength he struggled with God.

Yes, 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 himd —

Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
He wept, and sought favor from Him.
He found Him in Bethel,
And there He spoke to us —

the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies,
the LORD is his name!

That is, the Lord God of hosts.
The Lord is His memorable name.

So now, come back to your God.
Act with love and justice,
and always depend on him.

So you, by the help of your God, return;
Observe mercy and justice,
And wait on your God continually.

But no, the people are like crafty merchants
selling from dishonest scales —
they love to cheat.

“A cunning [d]Canaanite!
Deceitful scales are in his hand;
He loves to oppress.

Israel boasts, “I am rich!
I’ve made a fortune all by myself!
No one has caught me cheating!
My record is spotless!”

And Ephraim said,
‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’

“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.e

“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.

I sent my prophets to warn you
with many visions and parables.”

I have also spoken by the prophets,
And have multiplied visions;
I have given [e]symbols [f]through the witness of the prophets.”

But 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.

Though Gilead has idols —
Surely they are [g]vanity —
Though they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal,
Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
and there hef earned a wife by tending sheep.

Jacob fled to the country of Syria;
Israel served for a spouse,
And for a wife he tended sheep.

Then by a prophet
the LORD brought Jacob’s descendantsg out of Egypt;
and by that prophet
they were protected.

By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,
And by a prophet he was preserved.

But the people of Israel
have bitterly provoked the LORD,
so their Lord will now sentence them to death
in payment for their sins.

Ephraim provoked Him to anger most bitterly;
Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him,
And return his reproach upon him.

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