## Hosea Chapter 12

###### Hosea 12:1
[Hosea 12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:1)

סְבָבֻ֤נִֽי בְכַ֙חַשׁ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וּבְמִרְמָ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וִיהוּדָ֗ה עֹ֥ד רָד֙ עִם־אֵ֔ל וְעִם־קְדוֹשִׁ֖ים נֶאֱמָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Efrayim compasses me about with lies, and the house of Yisra᾽el with deceit: but Yehuda still rules with God, and is faithful with holy ones.


###### Hosea 12:2
[Hosea 12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:2)

אֶפְרַ֜יִם רֹעֶ֥ה ר֙וּחַ֙ וְרֹדֵ֣ף קָדִ֔ים כׇּל־הַיּ֕וֹם כָּזָ֥ב וָשֹׁ֖ד יַרְבֶּ֑ה וּבְרִית֙ עִם־אַשּׁ֣וּר יִכְרֹ֔תוּ וְשֶׁ֖מֶן לְמִצְרַ֥יִם יוּבָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Efrayim guards the wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they make an alliance with Ashshur, and oil is carried into Miż­rayim.


###### Hosea 12:3
[Hosea 12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:3)

וְרִ֥יב לַֽיהֹוָ֖ה עִם־יְהוּדָ֑ה וְלִפְקֹ֤ד עַֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ כִּדְרָכָ֔יו כְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו יָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord has also a controversy with Yehuda, and will punish Ya῾aqov according to his ways: according to his doings will he recompense him.


###### Hosea 12:4
[Hosea 12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:4)

בַּבֶּ֖טֶן עָקַ֣ב אֶת־אָחִ֑יו וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹ שָׂרָ֥ה אֶת־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he strove with God:


###### Hosea 12:5
[Hosea 12:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:5)

וַיָּ֤שַׂר אֶל־מַלְאָךְ֙ וַיֻּכָ֔ל בָּכָ֖ה וַיִּתְחַנֶּן־ל֑וֹ בֵּֽית־אֵל֙ יִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּ וְשָׁ֖ם יְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he strove with an angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he would find him in Bet-el, and there he would speak with us.


###### Hosea 12:6
[Hosea 12:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:6)

וַיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַצְּבָא֑וֹת יְהֹוָ֖ה זִכְרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Lord is the God of hosts; The Lord is his name.


###### Hosea 12:7
[Hosea 12:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:7)

וְאַתָּ֖ה בֵּאלֹהֶ֣יךָ תָשׁ֑וּב חֶ֤סֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט֙ שְׁמֹ֔ר וְקַוֵּ֥ה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ תָּמִֽיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep troth and justice, and wait on thy God continually.


###### Hosea 12:8
[Hosea 12:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:8)

כְּנַ֗עַן בְּיָד֛וֹ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for the merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.


###### Hosea 12:9
[Hosea 12:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:9)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶפְרַ֔יִם אַ֣ךְ עָשַׁ֔רְתִּי מָצָ֥אתִי א֖וֹן לִ֑י כׇּל־יְגִיעַ֕י לֹ֥א יִמְצְאוּ־לִ֖י עָוֺ֥ן אֲשֶׁר־חֵֽטְא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Efrayim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found wealth for myself: in all my labours they shall find no iniquity in me that were sin.


###### Hosea 12:10
[Hosea 12:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:10)

וְאָנֹכִ֛י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם עֹ֛ד אוֹשִֽׁיבְךָ֥ בׇאֳהָלִ֖ים כִּימֵ֥י מוֹעֵֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Miżrayim. I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.


###### Hosea 12:11
[Hosea 12:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:11)

וְדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ עַל־הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים וְאָנֹכִ֖י חָז֣וֹן הִרְבֵּ֑יתִי וּבְיַ֥ד הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים אֲדַמֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similes by means of the prophets.


###### Hosea 12:12
[Hosea 12:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:12)

אִם־גִּלְעָ֥ד אָ֙וֶן֙ אַךְ־שָׁ֣וְא הָי֔וּ בַּגִּלְגָּ֖ל שְׁוָרִ֣ים זִבֵּ֑חוּ גַּ֤ם מִזְבְּחוֹתָם֙ כְּגַלִּ֔ים עַ֖ל תַּלְמֵ֥י שָׂדָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Indeed, Gil῾ad is iniquitous; they are become mere vanity; in Gilgal they have sacrificed bullocks: their altars are like droppings on the furrows of the field.


###### Hosea 12:13
[Hosea 12:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:13)

וַיִּבְרַ֥ח יַעֲקֹ֖ב שְׂדֵ֣ה אֲרָ֑ם וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּאִשָּׁ֔ה וּבְאִשָּׁ֖ה שָׁמָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov fled into the country of Aram, and Yisra᾽el served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.


###### Hosea 12:14
[Hosea 12:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:14)

וּבְנָבִ֕יא הֶעֱלָ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וּבְנָבִ֖יא נִשְׁמָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And by a prophet the Lord brought Yisra᾽el out of Miżrayim, and by a prophet was he preserved.


###### Hosea 12:15
[Hosea 12:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/12:15)

הִכְעִ֥יס אֶפְרַ֖יִם תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים וְדָמָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יִטּ֔וֹשׁ וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹ יָשִׁ֥יב ל֖וֹ אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Efrayim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood guilt upon him, and his Lord shall requite his reproach on him.