Hosea 12

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.	1 Ephraim besieges me with lying, the House of Israel with duplicity. (But Judah stil is on God's side, heis faithful to the Holy One.)
2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.	2 Ephraim feeds himself on wind, all day he chases the wind from the East, he heaps up cheating andviolence; they make a treaty with Assyria, at the same time sending oil to Egypt.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:	3 Yahweh has a case against Judah, he will punish Jacob as his conduct merits, he will repay him as hisdeeds deserve.
4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;	4 In the very womb he overreached his brother, in maturity he wrestled against God.
5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.	5 He wrestled with the angel and beat him, he wept and pleaded with him. He met him at Bethel andthere God spoke to us-
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.	6 yes, Yahweh, God Sabaoth, Yahweh is his title!
7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.	7 So turn back with God's help, maintain faithful love and loyalty and always put your trust in your God.
8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.	8 Merchants use fraudulent scales. To defraud is his delight.
9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.	9 'How rich I have become!' says Ephraim, 'I have made a fortune.' But of al his gains he wil keepnothing because of the sin of which he is guilty.
10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.	10 But I have been Yahweh your God since your days in Egypt and will make you live in tents again asin the days of Meeting.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.	11 I will speak through prophets, I will give vision after vision and through the ministry of prophets wilspeak in parables.
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.	12 Is Gilead a sink of iniquity? Yes, they are a worthless lot! At Gilgal they sacrifice to bulls, that is whytheir altars are like heaps of stones in a ploughed field.
13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.	13 Jacob fled to the countryside of Aram, Israel slaved to win a wife, to win a wife he looked after sheep.
14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.	14 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet Israel was preserved.
	15 Ephraim gave bitter provocation- Yahweh will bring his bloodshed down on him, his Lord wil repayhim for his insult.