Hosea 何西阿书12

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12Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
2The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
3In the womb he grasped his brother's heel; as a man he struggled with God.
4He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there-
5the Lord God Almighty¹, the Lord is his name of renown²!
6But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
7The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud³.
8Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity⁴ or sin."
9"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 your appointed feasts.
10I spoke⁵ to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables⁶ through them."
11Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed⁷ field.
12Jacob fled to the country of Aram ; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
13The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.
14But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger; his Lord will leave upon him the guilt⁸ of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.