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Hosea 12
New International Version

12 [a]1 Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)
2 The Lord has a charge(F) to bring against Judah;(G)
he will punish(H) Jacob[b] according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.(I)
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;(J)
as a man he struggled(K) with God.
4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(L)
and talked with him there—
5 the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!(M)
6 But you must return(N) to your God;
maintain love and justice,(O)
and wait for your God always.(P)

7 The merchant uses dishonest scales(Q)
and loves to defraud.
8 Ephraim boasts,(R)
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.(S)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”

9 “I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt;(T)
I will make you live in tents(U) again,
as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10 I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables(V) through them.”(W)

11 Is Gilead wicked?(X)
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(Y)
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.(Z)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[c];(AA)
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep.(AB)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(AC)
by a prophet he cared for him.(AD)
14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed(AE)
and will repay him for his contempt.(AF)

#### Footnotes

1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.
2. Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
3. Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

#### Cross references

1. Hosea 12:1 : S Ps 78:67
2. Hosea 12:1 : S Ge 41:6; S Eze 17:10
3. Hosea 12:1 : S Hos 4:19; S 7:1
4. Hosea 12:1 : Hos 5:13; S 7:11
5. Hosea 12:1 : S 2Ki 17:4
6. Hosea 12:2 : S Job 10:2; Mic 6:2
7. Hosea 12:2 : Am 2:4
8. Hosea 12:2 : S Ex 32:34
9. Hosea 12:2 : S Hos 4:9; S 9:15
10. Hosea 12:3 : Ge 25:26
11. Hosea 12:3 : Ge 32:24-29
12. Hosea 12:4 : S Ge 12:8; S 35:15
13. Hosea 12:5 : S Ex 3:15
14. Hosea 12:6 : S Isa 19:22; Jer 4:1; Joel 2:12
15. Hosea 12:6 : S Ps 106:3; S Jer 22:3
16. Hosea 12:6 : S Eze 18:30; Hos 6:1-3; 10:12; Mic 7:7
17. Hosea 12:7 : S Lev 19:36; Am 8:5
18. Hosea 12:8 : S Eze 28:5
19. Hosea 12:8 : Ps 62:10; Rev 3:17
20. Hosea 12:9 : Lev 23:43; S Hos 2:15; S 11:1
21. Hosea 12:9 : S Ne 8:17
22. Hosea 12:10 : S Jdg 14:12; S Eze 20:49
23. Hosea 12:10 : 2Ki 17:13; Jer 7:25
24. Hosea 12:11 : S Hos 6:8
25. Hosea 12:11 : S Hos 4:15
26. Hosea 12:11 : S Hos 8:11
27. Hosea 12:12 : Ge 28:5
28. Hosea 12:12 : S Ge 29:18
29. Hosea 12:13 : S Hos 11:1
30. Hosea 12:13 : Ex 13:3; 14:19-22; Isa 63:11-14
31. Hosea 12:14 : S Eze 18:13
32. Hosea 12:14 : Da 11:18

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