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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/11.htm" 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">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"><div class="poetry"> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Ephraim herds the wind,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and pursues the east wind all day long;</span></span><br /><span class="text">they multiply falsehood and violence;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">they make a treaty with Assyria,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and oil is carried to Egypt.</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Long History of Rebellion</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> has an indictment against Judah,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and will punish Jacob according to his ways,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and repay him according to his deeds.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>In the womb he tried to supplant his brother,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and in his manhood he strove with God.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>He strove with the angel and prevailed,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">he wept and sought his favor;</span></span><br /><span class="text">he met him at Bethel,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and there he spoke with him.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26529a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> the God of hosts,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is his name!</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>But as for you, return to your God,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">hold fast to love and justice,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and wait continually for your God.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>A trader, in whose hands are false balances,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">he loves to oppress.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Ephraim has said, “Ah, I am rich,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">I have gained wealth for myself;</span></span><br /><span class="text">in all of my gain</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">no offense has been found in me</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">that would be sin.”<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26533b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>I am the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> your God</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">from the land of Egypt;</span></span><br /><span class="text">I will make you live in tents again,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">as in the days of the appointed festival.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>I spoke to the prophets;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">it was I who multiplied visions,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and through the prophets I will bring destruction.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>In Gilead<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26536c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> there is iniquity,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">they shall surely come to nothing.</span></span><br /><span class="text">In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">so their altars shall be like stone heaps</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">on the furrows of the field.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Jacob fled to the land of Aram,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">there Israel served for a wife,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and for a wife he guarded sheep.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26537d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>By a prophet the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> brought Israel up from Egypt,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and by a prophet he was guarded.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>Ephraim has given bitter offense,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">so his Lord will bring his crimes down on him</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and pay him back for his insults.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hosea 12:4">Hosea 12:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Syr: Heb <i>us</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hosea 12:8">Hosea 12:8</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hosea 12:11">Hosea 12:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Compare Syr: Heb <i>Gilead</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hosea 12:12">Hosea 12:12</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb lacks <i>sheep</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> 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