Hosea 12
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ephraim compasseth Me about with lies, And the house of Israel with deceit; And Judah is yet wayward towards God, And towards the Holy One who is faithful. |
| 2 | Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; All the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; And they make a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried into Egypt. |
| 3 | The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings will He recompense him. |
| 4 | In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he strove with a godlike being; |
| 5 | So he strove with an angel, and prevailed; He wept, and made supplication unto him; At Beth-el he would find him, And there he would speak with us; |
| 6 | But the LORD, the God of hosts, The LORD is His name. |
| 7 | Therefore turn thou to thy God; Keep mercy and justice, And wait for thy God continually. |
| 8 | As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress. |
| 9 | And Ephraim said: ‘Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; In all my labours they shall find in me No iniquity that were sin.’ |
| 10 | But I am the LORD thy God From the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, As in the days of the appointed season. |
| 11 | I have also spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied visions; And by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes. |
| 12 | If Gilead be given to iniquity Becoming altogether vanity, In Gilgal they sacrifice unto bullocks; Yea, their altars shall be as heaps In the furrows of the field. |
| 13 | And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, And Israel served for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep. |
| 14 | And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, And by a prophet was he kept. |
| 15 | Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; Therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, And his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. |