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Hosea 12
Hosea reaches back to the patriarch himself. Ephraim feeds on wind and ships oil to Egypt while courting Assyria — but the indictment widens to Jacob, who grabbed his brother's heel in the womb and later wrestled God at Bethel. Watch how the prophet turns the nation's own ancestor into both warning and summons.
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Ephraim 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.
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The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
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In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
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Indeed, 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—
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even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!
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Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
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A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
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Ephraim 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.”
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“But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
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I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
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Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
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By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
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Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
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CERCÓME Ephraim con mentira, y la casa de Israel con engaño: mas Judá aun domina con Dios, y es fiel con los santos.
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Ephraim se apacienta del viento, y sigue al solano: mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva á Egipto.
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Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá para visitar á Jacob conforme á sus caminos: pagarále conforme á sus obras.
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En el vientre tomó por el calcañar á su hermano, y con su fortaleza venció al ángel.
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Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.
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Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.
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Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.
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Es mercader que tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.
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Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
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Empero yo soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto: aun te haré morar en tiendas, como en los días de la fiesta.
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Y hablado he á los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía, y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.
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¿Es Galaad iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido: en Gilgal sacrificaron bueyes: y aun son sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.
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Mas Jacob huyó á tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por mujer, y por mujer fué pastor.
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Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado. Enojado ha Ephraim á Dios con amarguras; por tanto, sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su oprobio.
Jacob the grasper, Ephraim the merchant
The grasping that named Jacob ("heel") resurfaces as Ephraim's crooked scales: "a merchant has dishonest scales in his hand." Boasting "I have become rich," Ephraim assumes wealth proves innocence. Against this, Hosea sets the wilderness God who "brought Israel up out of Egypt" by a prophet — a hint at his own role — and the call of verse 6: "turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice."
Context layers
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- Genesis 15:17-18Key passage connected to Covenant.
- Jeremiah 31:31-34Key passage connected to Covenant.
- Hebrews 8:6-13Key passage connected to Covenant.
- Proverbs 1:7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Psalms 111:10Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Luke 12:4-7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
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