Hosea 12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹ Efrayim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Ashur, and oil is carried into Egypt.

² The LORD also has a controversy with Yehudah, and will punish Ya`akov according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

³ In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God.

⁴ Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Beit-El, and there he spoke with us,

⁵ even the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot; The LORD is his name of renown!

⁶ Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

⁷ A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

⁸ Efrayim said, *Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin.*

⁹ *But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰ I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

¹¹ If Gil`ad is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

¹² Ya`akov fled into the country of Aram, and Yisra'el served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

¹³ By a prophet the LORD brought Yisra'el up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

¹⁴ Efrayim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.