Hos 12 | NASB1995 | STEP | Ephraim feeds on wind , And pursues the east wind continually ; He multiplies lies and violence . Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria , And oil is carried to Egypt .

Hosea 12

Ephraim Reminded

1 ^{▼▼ Ch 12:2 in Heb}Ephraim feeds on ^bwind,
And pursues the ^ceast wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, ^{▼▼ Lit they make}he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.
2 The Lord also has a ^edispute with Judah,
And will punish Jacob ^faccording to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he ^gtook his brother by the heel,
And in his maturity he ^hcontended with God.
4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and ⁱsought His favor.
He found Him at ^jBethel
And there He spoke with us,
5 Even the Lord, the God of hosts,
The Lord is His ^{▼▼ Lit memorial
,} ^lname.
6 Therefore, ^mreturn to your God,
ⁿObserve ^{▼▼ Or loyalty}kindness and justice,
And ^pwait for your God continually.
7 A ^{▼▼ Or Canaanite}merchant, in whose hands are false ^rbalances,
He loves to oppress.
8 And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become ^srich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
^tNo iniquity, which would be sin.”
9 But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you ^ulive in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
10 I have also spoken to the ^vprophets,
And I ^{▼▼ Lit multiplied the vision}gave numerous visions,
And through the prophets I gave ^xparables.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead?
Surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, ^ytheir altars are like the stone heaps
Beside the furrows of the field.

12 Now ^zJacob fled to the ^{▼▼ Lit field}land of Aram,
And ^abIsrael worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
13 But by a ^acprophet the Lord brought Israel from Egypt,
And by a prophet he was kept.
14 ^adEphraim has provoked to bitter anger;
So his Lord will leave his ^aebloodguilt on him
And bring back his ^afreproach to him.