Hosea 12:2-11 - Hosea's Wife And Children

² And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him. ³ In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God, ⁴ Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh by weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us, ⁵ Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah is His memorial. ⁶ And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

⁷ Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved. ⁸ And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that is sin.'

⁹ And I -- Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time. ¹⁰ And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes. ¹¹ Surely Gilead is iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars are as heaps, on the furrows of a field.