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Hosea 12

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Ephraim chases [1] the wind ⓐ and pursues the east wind. ⓑ He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, ⓒ and olive oil is carried to Egypt. ⓓ

² The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways; ⓔ He will repay him based on his actions.

³ In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, ⓕ and as an adult he wrestled with God. ⓖ

⁴ Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor. ⓗ He found him [2] at Bethel, ⓘ and there He spoke with him. [3] ⓙ

⁵ Yahweh is the God of Hosts; Yahweh is His name. ⓚ

⁶ But you must return to your God. ⓛ Maintain love and justice, ⓜ and always put your hope in God. ⓝ

⁷ A merchant loves to extort ⓞ with dishonest scales in his hands. ⓟ

⁸ But Ephraim says: “How rich I have become; ⓠ I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any crime in me ⓡ that I can be punished for!” [4]

⁹ I have been Yahweh your God ever since [5] the land of Egypt. ⓢ I will make you live in tents again, ⓣ as in the festival days.

¹⁰ I spoke through the prophets ⓤ and granted many visions; I gave parables through the prophets. ⓥ

¹¹ Since Gilead is full of evil, ⓦ they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; ⓧ even their altars will be like heaps of rocks ⓨ on the furrows of a field.

¹² Jacob fled to the land of Aram. ⓩ Israel worked to earn a wife; ⓐ he tended flocks for a wife. ⓑ

¹³ The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, ⓒ and Israel was tended by a prophet.

¹⁴ Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, ⓓ so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him ⓔ and repay him for his contempt. ⓕ

#	HCSB
1	Ephraim chases [1] the wind ⓐ and pursues the east wind. ⓑ He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, ⓒ and olive oil is carried to Egypt. ⓓ
2	The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways; ⓔ He will repay him based on his actions.
3	In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, ⓕ and as an adult he wrestled with God. ⓖ
4	Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor. ⓗ He found him [2] at Bethel, ⓘ and there He spoke with him. [3] ⓙ
5	Yahweh is the God of Hosts; Yahweh is His name. ⓚ
6	But you must return to your God. ⓛ Maintain love and justice, ⓜ and always put your hope in God. ⓝ
7	A merchant loves to extort ⓞ with dishonest scales in his hands. ⓟ
8	But Ephraim says: “How rich I have become; ⓠ I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any crime in me ⓡ that I can be punished for!” [4]
9	I have been Yahweh your God ever since [5] the land of Egypt. ⓢ I will make you live in tents again, ⓣ as in the festival days.
10	I spoke through the prophets ⓤ and granted many visions; I gave parables through the prophets. ⓥ
11	Since Gilead is full of evil, ⓦ they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; ⓧ even their altars will be like heaps of rocks ⓨ on the furrows of a field.
12	Jacob fled to the land of Aram. ⓩ Israel worked to earn a wife; ⓐ he tended flocks for a wife. ⓑ
13	The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, ⓒ and Israel was tended by a prophet.
14	Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, ⓓ so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him ⓔ and repay him for his contempt. ⓕ

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^{Hosea 12:1 [30]} In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.

^{Hosea 12:2 [31]} Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

^{Hosea 12:12 [32]} That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

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