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Hosea 12 :: New International Version (NIV)

Hos 12:1

Hos 12:1Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Hos 12:2

Hos 12:2The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob[fn] according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Hos 12:3

Hos 12:3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God.

Hos 12:4

Hos 12:4He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there—

Hos 12:5

Hos 12:5the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name!

Hos 12:6

Hos 12:6But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

Hos 12:7

Hos 12:7The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.

Hos 12:8

Hos 12:8Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”

Hos 12:9

Hos 12:9“I have been the LORD your God ever since you came out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed festivals.

Hos 12:10

Hos 12:10I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them.”

Hos 12:11

Hos 12:11Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.

Hos 12:12

Hos 12:12Jacob fled to the country of Aram[fn]; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.

Hos 12:13

Hos 12:13The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.

Hos 12:14

Hos 12:14But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger; his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.
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NIV Footnotes
Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
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