Hosea 12

1Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.Cross-references: 2Ki 15:19 · 2Ki 17:4 · Job 15:2 · Isa 30:6 · Jer 22:22 · Ezek 17:10 · +3 more

2Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.Cross-references: 2Ki 17:19 · Isa 3:11 · Isa 8:7 · Isa 10:6 · Isa 10:12 · Isa 24:21 · +14 more

3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.Cross-references: Gen 25:26 · Gen 32:24 · Rom 9:11 · James 5:16

4Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—Cross-references: Gen 28:11 · Gen 32:9 · Gen 32:29 · Gen 35:9 · Gen 35:15 · Gen 48:15 · +8 more

5even Yahweh, the God of Armies. Yahweh is his name of renown!Cross-references: Gen 28:16 · Gen 32:30 · Ex 3:15 · Ps 135:13 · Isa 42:8

6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.Cross-references: Gen 49:18 · Ps 27:14 · Ps 37:7 · Ps 123:2 · Ps 130:5 · Prov 1:23 · +29 more

7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.Cross-references: Lev 19:35 · 1Sam 12:3 · Prov 11:1 · Prov 16:11 · Isa 3:5 · Ezek 16:3 · +15 more

8Ephraim 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.”Cross-references: Deut 8:17 · Job 31:24 · Ps 49:6 · Ps 52:7 · Ps 62:10 · Prov 30:12 · +16 more

9“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.Cross-references: Gen 25:27 · Ex 20:2 · Lev 19:36 · Lev 23:40 · Lev 26:13 · Num 15:41 · +10 more

10I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.Cross-references: Num 12:6 · 1Ki 13:1 · 1Ki 14:7 · 1Ki 17:1 · 1Ki 18:21 · 1Ki 19:10 · +19 more

11If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.Cross-references: 1Ki 17:1 · 2Ki 17:9 · Jer 2:20 · Jer 2:28 · Jer 10:8 · Jer 10:15 · +8 more

12Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.Cross-references: Gen 27:43 · Gen 28:1 · Gen 29:18 · Gen 31:41 · Gen 32:27 · Deut 26:5

13By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.Cross-references: Ex 12:50 · Ex 13:3 · 1Sam 12:8 · Ps 77:20 · Isa 63:11 · Hos 13:4 · +4 more

14Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.Cross-references: Deut 28:37 · 1Sam 2:30 · 2Sam 1:16 · 1Ki 2:33 · 2Ki 17:7 · Ezek 18:13 · +5 more