Thematic Bible
Hosea 12:1 (show verse)
Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.
Hosea 12:2 (show verse)
The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Hosea 12:3 (show verse)
In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.
Hosea 12:4 (show verse)
He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!
Hosea 12:5 (show verse)
As for the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is the name by which he is remembered!
Hosea 12:6 (show verse)
But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.
Hosea 12:7 (show verse)
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
Hosea 12:8 (show verse)
Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful."
Hosea 12:9 (show verse)
"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 old.
Hosea 12:10 (show verse)
I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets."
Hosea 12:11 (show verse)
Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!
Hosea 12:12 (show verse)
Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
Hosea 12:13 (show verse)
The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.
Hosea 12:14 (show verse)
But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.