Hosea 12 (NET)

Hosea 12:1¹Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:2²The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:3³In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:4⁴He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:5⁵As for the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is the name by which he is remembered!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:6⁶But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice and by waiting for your God to return to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:7⁷The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:8⁸Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:9⁹“I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:10¹⁰I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:11¹¹Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:12¹²Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:13¹³The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hosea 12:14¹⁴But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s