My LORD’s BibleHosea 12
1Ephraim 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.
אֶפְרַיִם רֹעֶה רוּחַ וְרֹדֵף קָדִים כָּל־הַיֹּום כָּזָב וָשֹׁד יַרְבֶּה וּבְרִית עִם־אַשּׁוּר יִכְרֹתוּ וְשֶׁמֶן לְמִצְרַיִם יוּבָל׃ (4656)
See also: Isaiah 44:20, Lamentations 5:6, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 7:11, Hosea 11:12, 2 Timothy 2:16, Jeremiah 2:36, Isaiah 55:2, Jeremiah 22:22, Ezekiel 17:10, Hosea 8:7, Luke 15:16, 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 17:4-6, 2 Kings 18:13, Job 6:26, Job 15:2, Proverbs 15:14, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Isaiah 7:2
2The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
וְרִיב לַיהוָה עִם־יְהוּדָה וְלִפְקֹד עַל־יַעֲקֹב כִּדְרָכָיו כְּמַעֲלָלָיו יָשִׁיב לֹו׃ (1740)
See also: Micah 6:2, Isaiah 10:6, Hosea 4:1, Amos 2:4, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 8:7-8, Isaiah 10:12, Jeremiah 3:8-11, Jeremiah 25:31, Jeremiah 30:7, Ezekiel 7:4, Hosea 2:13, Hosea 8:13, 2 Kings 17:19-20, Isaiah 24:21, Isaiah 59:18, Ezekiel 23:11-21, Ezekiel 23:31-32, Hosea 4:9, Hosea 9:9
3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
בַּבֶּטֶן עָקַב אֶת־אָחִיו וּבְאֹונֹו שָׂרָה אֶת־אֱלֹהִים׃ (1724)
See also: Genesis 32:24, James 5:16, Genesis 32:28, Philippians 2:6, Genesis 25:26, Isaiah 63:9, John 1:18, Genesis 32:25, Joshua 5:13, Psalms 24:10, Zechariah 13:7, Colossians 2:1, Genesis 16:10, Song of Solomon 3:4, Zechariah 1:10, Zechariah 12:8, Acts 7:30, Romans 9:11, Judges 2:1, Malachi 3:1
4Yea, 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;
וָיָּשַׂר אֶל־מַלְאָךְ וַיֻּכָל בָּכָה וַיִּתְחַנֶּן־לֹו בֵּית־אֵל יִמְצָאֶנּוּ וְשָׁם יְדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ׃ (2659)
See also: Genesis 32:26, Ephesians 6:18, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 35:1, Exodus 3:2, Genesis 35:15, Isaiah 45:11, Judges 13:21, Job 16:20, Isaiah 38:3, Malachi 3:1, Matthew 15:25, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Genesis 32:29, Genesis 35:9-10, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 48:15, Numbers 22:22, Esther 8:3, Psalms 66:6
5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
וַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַצְּבָאֹות יְהוָה זִכְרֹו׃ (841)
6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.
וְאַתָּה בֵּאלֹהֶיךָ תָשׁוּב חֶסֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט שְׁמֹר וְקַוֵּה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶיךָ תָּמִיד׃ (2903)
See also: Micah 6:8, Joel 2:12, Isaiah 8:17, Hosea 14:1, Hosea 10:12, Ezekiel 18:30, Lamentations 3:40, Lamentations 3:25-26, Micah 7:7, Daniel 6:20, Hosea 6:1-3, Zechariah 7:9, Acts 2:38, Acts 26:20, Galatians 5:5, James 2:13, Genesis 49:18, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 123:2
7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
כְּנַעַן בְּיָדֹו מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה לַעֲשֹׁק אָהֵב׃ (1113)
See also: Proverbs 11:1, Amos 8:5, Proverbs 20:23, Micah 6:11, Mark 11:17, John 2:16, Ezekiel 28:5, Micah 6:10-11, 1 Timothy 6:9, Leviticus 19:35-36, 1 Samuel 12:3, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 73:12, Proverbs 16:11, Isaiah 3:5, Ezekiel 16:3, Ezekiel 22:29, Hosea 11:12, Amos 2:7, Amos 3:9
8And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶפְרַיִם אַךְ עָשַׁרְתִּי מָצָאתִי אֹון לִי כָּל־יְגִיעַי לֹא יִמְצְאוּ־לִי עָוֹן אֲשֶׁר־חֵטְא׃ (3243)
See also: Malachi 1:6, Revelation 3:17, Deuteronomy 8:17, Psalms 62:10, Job 31:24-25, Psalms 49:6, Psalms 52:7, Proverbs 30:12, Proverbs 30:20, Isaiah 10:13-14, Zechariah 11:5, 1 Timothy 6:5, Jeremiah 2:23, Habakkuk 1:16, Habakkuk 2:5-6, Malachi 3:13, Luke 10:29, Luke 12:19, Luke 16:13, Luke 16:15
9And 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.
וְאָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם עֹד אֹושִׁיבְךָ בָאֳהָלִים כִּימֵי מֹועֵד׃ (1591)
See also: Hosea 13:4, Leviticus 23:40-43, Hosea 2:15, 2 Samuel 7:2, Nehemiah 8:15-17, Psalms 81:10, Zechariah 14:16-19, Genesis 25:27, Exodus 20:2, Leviticus 19:36, Leviticus 26:13, Numbers 15:41, Ezra 3:4, Jeremiah 35:7, John 7:2, Hebrews 11:9-13, Micah 6:4
10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
וְדִבַּרְתִּי עַל־הַנְּבִיאִים וְאָנֹכִי חָזֹון הִרְבֵּיתִי וּבְיַד הַנְּבִיאִים אֲדַמֶּה׃ (1815)
See also: Ezekiel 1:1, 1 Corinthians 9:24, 2 Kings 17:13, Ezekiel 20:49, Isaiah 20:2-5, Jeremiah 7:25, Jeremiah 19:1, Joel 2:28, Numbers 12:6, 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 14:7-16, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:21-40, 1 Kings 19:10, Nehemiah 9:30, Isaiah 5:1-7, Jeremiah 13:1-14, Jeremiah 19:10, Jeremiah 25:4, Jeremiah 37:2
11Is 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.
אִם־גִּלְעָד אָוֶן אַךְ־שָׁוְא הָיוּ בַּגִּלְגָּל שְׁוָרִים זִבֵּחוּ גַּם מִזְבְּחֹותָם כְּגַלִּים עַל תַּלְמֵי שָׂדָי׃ (2744)
See also: Jeremiah 17:1, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 6:8, Hosea 8:11, Hosea 9:15, Hosea 10:1, Amos 4:4, Numbers 23:14, 1 Kings 12:31, 1 Kings 17:1, 2 Kings 17:9-11, 2 Chronicles 28:24, Isaiah 2:8, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 10:8, Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 11:13, Ezekiel 16:31, Hosea 8:13
12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
וַיִּבְרַח יַעֲקֹב שְׂדֵה אֲרָם וַיַּעֲבֹד יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאִשָּׁה וּבְאִשָּׁה שָׁמָר׃ (2753)
See also: Proverbs 18:22, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:20, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:26, Genesis 28:2, Genesis 31:24, Deuteronomy 26:5, Genesis 29:30, Genesis 31:40, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 28:1-22, Genesis 28:10, Ruth 4:10, Genesis 32:27-28
13And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
וּבְנָבִיא הֶעֱלָה יְהוָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם וּבְנָבִיא נִשְׁמָר׃ (2230)
See also: Acts 3:22-23, Exodus 12:50-51, Psalms 77:20, Exodus 3:10, Isaiah 63:11-14, Acts 7:35-37, Exodus 13:3, Exodus 32:1, Amos 2:11-12, Amos 9:7, Micah 6:4, Acts 7:34, 1 Samuel 12:6, 1 Samuel 12:8, 2 Kings 5:8, Jeremiah 2:6, Hosea 11:1, Hosea 13:4-5
14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.
הִכְעִיס אֶפְרַיִם תַּמְרוּרִים וְדָמָיו עָלָיו יִטֹּושׁ וְחֶרְפָּתֹו יָשִׁיב לֹו אֲדֹנָיו׃ (3028)
See also: Ezekiel 18:13, Daniel 11:18, 2 Kings 17:7-18, Deuteronomy 28:37, 1 Samuel 2:30, 2 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 2:33-34, Nehemiah 4:4, Ezekiel 23:2-10, Ezekiel 24:7-8, Hosea 4:2, Hosea 7:16, Ezekiel 33:5