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Hosea 12 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Ephraim Reminded

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 -

[fn]Ephraim feeds on wind,

And pursues the east wind continually;

He multiplies lies and violence.

Moreover, [fn]he makes a covenant with Assyria,

And oil is brought to Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 -

The LORD also has a case against Judah,

And will punish Jacob according to his ways;

He will repay him according to his deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 -

In the womb he took his brother by the heel,

And in his mature strength he contended with God.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:4 -

Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;

He wept and implored His favor.

He found Him at Bethel,

And there He spoke with us,

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:5 -

And the LORD, the God of armies,

The LORD is His [fn]name.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:6 -

So as for you, return to your God,

Maintain [fn]kindness and justice,

And wait for your God continually.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 -

A [fn]merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent balances,

Loves to exploit.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:8 -

And Ephraim said, “I have certainly become rich,

I have found wealth for myself;

In all my labors they will find in me

No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:9 -

But I have been the LORD your God since the land of Egypt;

I will make you live in tents again,

As in the days of the appointed festival.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:10 -

I have also spoken to the prophets,

And I [fn]provided many visions,

And through the prophets I spoke in parables.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 -

Is there injustice in Gilead?

Certainly they are worthless.

In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,

Yes, their altars are like stone heaps

Beside the furrows of a field.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12 -

Now Jacob fled to the [fn]land of Aram,

And Israel worked for a wife,

And for a wife he kept sheep.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13 -

But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt,

And by a prophet he was protected.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:14 -

Ephraim has provoked God to bitter anger;

So his Lord will leave his guilt for bloodshed on him

And bring his disgrace back to him.

NASB20 Footnotes
Ch 12:2 in Heb
Lit they make
Lit invocation
Or loyalty
Or Canaanite
Lit multiplied the vision
Lit field
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