en_cjb - Hos 12 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ [(11:12)] “Efrayim surrounds me with lies and the house of Isra’el with deceit. Y’hudah still rules with God and is faithful with holy ones.

² [(1)] Efrayim is chasing the wind, pursuing the wind from the east. All day he piles up lies and desolation — they make a covenant with Ashur, while sending olive oil to Egypt.

³ [(2)] ADONAI also has a grievance against Y’hudah; he will punish Ya‘akov according to his ways and pay him back for his misdeeds.

⁴ [(3)] In the womb he took his brother by the heel; in the strength of his manhood he fought with God.

⁵ [(4)] Yes, he fought with an angel and won; he wept and pleaded with him. Then at Beit-El he found him, and there he would [later] speak with us —

⁶ [(5)] Adonai ELOHEI-Tzva’ot; ADONAI is his name!

⁷ [(6)] So you, return to your God; hold fast to grace and justice; and always put your hope in your God.

⁸ [(7)] “A huckster keeps false scales, and he loves to cheat.

⁹ [(8)] Efrayim says, ‘I have gotten so rich! I have made me a fortune! And in all my profits no one will find anything wrong or sinful.’

¹⁰ [(9)] “But I am ADONAI your God, from the land of Egypt. Again I will make you live in tents, as in the days of the established festival.

¹¹ [(10)] I have spoken to the prophets; it was I who gave vision after vision; through the prophets I gave examples to show what it would all be like.

¹² [(11)] Is Gil‘ad given to iniquity? Yes, they have become worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice to bulls; therefore their altars are like piles of stones in a plowed field.”

¹³ [(12)] Ya‘akov fled to the land of Aram. There Isra’el slaved to win a wife; for a wife he tended sheep.

¹⁴ [(13)] By a prophet ADONAI brought Isra’el up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was protected.

¹⁵ [(14)] Efrayim has given bitter provocation, so the penalty for his bloodshed will be thrown down on him, and his Lord will repay him for his insult.