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title="Hosea 11">◄</a> Hosea 12 <a href="../hosea/13.htm" title="Hosea 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/hosea/12.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Ephraim feeds on the wind</span><br /><span class="indent">and pursues the east wind all day long;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they multiply falsehood and violence;</span><br /><span class="indent">they make a covenant with Assyria,</span><br /><span class="indent">and oil is carried to Egypt.</span></p> <p class="heading">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s Indictment of Israel and Judah</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has an indictment against Judah</span><br /><span class="indent">and will punish Jacob according to his ways;</span><br /><span class="indent">he will repay him according to his deeds.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In the womb he took his brother by the heel,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in his manhood he strove with God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He strove with the angel and prevailed;</span><br /><span class="indent">he wept and sought his favor.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">He met God<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew him">a</a></sup></span> at Bethel,</span><br /><span class="indent">and there God spoke with us—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of hosts,</span><br /><span class="indent">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is his memorial name:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“So you, by the help of your God, return,</span><br /><span class="indent">hold fast to love and justice,</span><br /><span class="indent">and wait continually for your God.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,</span><br /><span class="indent">he loves to oppress.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich;</span><br /><span class="indent">I have found wealth for myself;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God</span><br /><span class="indent">from the land of Egypt;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will again make you dwell in tents,</span><br /><span class="indent">as in the days of the appointed feast.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I spoke to the prophets;</span><br /><span class="indent">it was I who multiplied visions,</span><br /><span class="indent">and through the prophets gave parables.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">If there is iniquity in Gilead,</span><br /><span class="indent">they shall surely come to nothing:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;</span><br /><span class="indent">their altars also are like stone heaps</span><br /><span class="indent">on the furrows of the field.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Jacob fled to the land of Aram;</span><br /><span class="indent">there Israel served for a wife,</span><br /><span class="indent">and for a wife he guarded sheep.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">By a prophet the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought Israel up from Egypt,</span><br /><span class="indent">and by a prophet he was guarded.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Ephraim has given bitter provocation;</span><br /><span class="indent">so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him</span><br /><span class="indent">and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Hebrew <i>him</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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