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Hosea 12

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1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

2 The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.

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

4 He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us--

5 the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name:

6 "So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."

7 A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

8 Ephraim has said, "Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin."

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

10 I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.

11 If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.

12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.

13 By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.

14 Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Ephraim, obsessed with god-fantasies, chases ghosts and phantoms. He tells lies nonstop, soul-destroying lies. Both Ephraim and Judah made deals with Assyria and tried to get an inside track with Egypt.

2 God is bringing charges against Israel. Jacob's children are hauled into court to be punished.

3 In the womb, that heel, Jacob, got the best of his brother. When he grew up, he tried to get the best of God.

4 But God would not be bested. God bested him. Brought to his knees, Jacob wept and prayed. God found him at Bethel. That's where he spoke with him.

5 God is God-of-the-Angel-Armies, God-Revealed, God-Known.

6 What are you waiting for? Return to your God! Commit yourself in love, in justice! Wait for your God, and don't give up on him - ever!

7 The businessmen engage in wholesale fraud. They love to rip people off!

8 Ephraim boasted, "Look, I'm rich! I've made it big! And look how well I've covered my tracks: not a hint of fraud, not a sign of sin!"

9 "But not so fast! I'm God, your God! Your God from the days in Egypt! I'm going to put you back to living in tents, as in the old days when you worshiped in the wilderness.

10 I speak through the prophets to give clear pictures of the way things are. Using prophets, I tell revealing stories.

11 I show Gilead rampant with religious scandal and Gilgal teeming with empty-headed religion. I expose their worship centers as stinking piles of garbage in their gardens."

12 Are you going to repeat the life of your ancestor Jacob? He ran off guilty to Aram, Then sold his soul to get ahead, and made it big through treachery and deceit.

13 Your real identity is formed through God-sent prophets, who led you out of Egypt and served as faithful pastors.

14 As it is, Ephraim has continually and inexcusably insulted God. Now he has to pay for his life-destroying ways. His Master will do to him what he has done.