Hosea 12

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.	1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel, with deceit; Judah is still rebellious against God, against the Holy One, who is faithful.
2 Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.	2 Ephraim chases the wind, ever pursuing the gale. His lies and falsehoods are many: he comes to terms with Assyria, and carries oil to Egypt.
3 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.	3 The LORD has a grievance against Israel: he shall punish Jacob for his conduct, for his deeds he shall repay him.
4 And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.	4 In the womb he supplanted his brother, and as a man he contended with God;
5 Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.	5 He contended with the angel and triumphed, entreating him with tears. At Bethel he met God and there he spoke with him:
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.	6 The LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his name!
7 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.	7 You shall return by the help of your God, if you remain loyal and do right and always hope in your God.
8 And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.	8 A merchant who holds a false balance, who loves to defraud!
9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.	9 Though Ephraim says, "How rich I have become; I have made a fortune!" All his gain shall not suffice him for the guilt of his sin.
10 And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.	10 I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt; I will again have you live in tents, as in that appointed time.
11 If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.	11 I granted many visions and spoke to the prophets, through whom I set forth examples.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.	12 In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nought, in Gilgal they sacrifice to bullocks; Their altars are like heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
13 But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.	13 When Jacob fled to the land of Aram, he served for a wife; for a wife Israel tended sheep.
14 Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.	14 By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet they were protected.
	15 Ephraim has exasperated his lord; therefore he shall cast his blood-guilt upon him and repay him for his outrage.