Hosea 12

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
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.)	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.
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.	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.
3 Yahweh has a case against Judah, he will punish Jacob as his conduct merits, he will repay him as hisdeeds deserve.	3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4 In the very womb he overreached his brother, in maturity he wrestled against God.	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;
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-	5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
6 yes, Yahweh, God Sabaoth, Yahweh is his title!	6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7 So turn back with God's help, maintain faithful love and loyalty and always put your trust in your God.	7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8 Merchants use fraudulent scales. To defraud is his delight.	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.
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.	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.
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.	10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11 I will speak through prophets, I will give vision after vision and through the ministry of prophets wilspeak in parables.	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.
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.	12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 Jacob fled to the countryside of Aram, Israel slaved to win a wife, to win a wife he looked after sheep.	13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet Israel was preserved.	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.
15 Ephraim gave bitter provocation- Yahweh will bring his bloodshed down on him, his Lord wil repayhim for his insult.