Hosea 12 NKJV

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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">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/hosea/12.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Hos-12-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Ephraim feeds on the wind,</span></span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-1">And pursues the east wind;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-1">He daily increases lies and <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>desolation.</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-1">Also they make a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>covenant with the Assyrians,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-1">And oil is carried to Egypt.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> also <i>brings</i> a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>charge against Judah,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-2">And will punish Jacob according to his ways;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-2">According to his deeds He will recompense him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He took his brother by the heel in the womb,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-3">And in his strength he struggled with God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-4">He wept, and sought favor from Him.</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-4">He found Him <i>in</i> Bethel,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-4">And there He spoke to us—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That is, the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> God of hosts.</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-5">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> His memorable name.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So you, by <i>the help of</i> your God, return;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-6">Observe mercy and justice,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-6">And wait on your God continually.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“A cunning <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>Canaanite!</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-7">Deceitful scales <i>are</i> in his hand;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-7">He loves to oppress.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Ephraim said,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-8">‘Surely I have become rich,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-8">I have found wealth for myself;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-8"><i>In</i> all my labors</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-8">They shall find in me no iniquity that <i>is</i> sin.’</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“But I <i>am</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> your God,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-9">Ever since the land of Egypt;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-9">I will again make you dwell in tents,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-9">As in the days of the appointed feast.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have also spoken by the prophets,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-10">And have multiplied visions;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-10">I have given <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>symbols <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>through the witness of the prophets.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Though Gilead <i>has</i> idols—</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-11">Surely they are <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>vanity—</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-11">Though they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-11">Indeed their altars <i>shall be</i> heaps in the furrows of the field.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jacob fled to the country of Syria;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-12">Israel served for a spouse,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-12">And for a wife he tended <i>sheep.</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>By a prophet the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> brought Israel out of Egypt,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-13">And by a prophet he was preserved.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Ephraim provoked <i>Him</i> to anger most bitterly;</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-14">Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him,</span><br /><span class="text Hos-12-14">And return his reproach upon him.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-22254a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hosea 12:1">Hosea 12:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>ruin</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22254b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hosea 12:1">Hosea 12:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>treaty</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22255c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hosea 12:2">Hosea 12:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>A legal complaint</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22260d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hosea 12:7">Hosea 12:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>merchant</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22263e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hosea 12:10">Hosea 12:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>parables</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22263f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hosea 12:10">Hosea 12:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>by the hand</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22264g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Hosea 12:11">Hosea 12:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>worthless</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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