Hosea 12

1 Ephraim is grazing [on] the wind and pursuing the east wind all the day, he multiplies lies and violence; they cut a covenant with Assyria and oil is carried to Egypt.

2 A dispute [is] unto YHWH against Judah, to visit punishment on Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds He will recompense to him.

3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his strength he struggled with God.

4 He struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought favor from Him; at Bethel he found Him, and there He spoke with Him,

5 and YHWH, God of Hosts—YHWH [is] His memorial.

6 And you must return to your God; Keep love and justice, and wait for your God continually!

7 A Canaanite [has] scales of deceit in his hand; he loves to oppress.

8 And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they will find in me no iniquity that [is] sin.”

9 And I [am] YHWH your God, from the land of Egypt; again I will make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

10 And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the hand of the prophets I have given parables.

11 If iniquity [is] in Gilead, surely they are worthless; In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; even their altars [are] as heaps over the furrows of the field.

12 And Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he tended.

13 And by a prophet YHWH brought up Israel from Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept.

14 Ephraim has provoked to anger bitterly, and his bloodguilt He will leave upon him, and his reproach his Lord will make return to him.