1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies; Israel comes to me with deceit. They follow Baal and run after the sanctuaries.
2 Ephraim feeds on wind, forever chasing the east wind, always more given to falsehood and violence. They have made a treaty with Assyria and brought oil to Egypt.
3 Yahweh has brought Jacob to trial. He will call him to account for his ways and repay his deeds.
4 In the womb he supplanted his brother and later he struggled with God, battling until he got the better of the angel.
5 The angel, in fact, wept and pleaded with him! He met him at Bethel and there he spoke to him.
6 (Yahweh, the God of armies, Yahweh is his Name.)
7 You must return to your God, practice love and justice and trust in your God.)
8 Canaan has dishonest scales and likes to cheat.
9 Ephraim boasts, "I have become rich and possess a fortune." Yet he will be left with nothing of what he has treasured for he was doing wrong.
10 I am Yahweh, your God, since the days of Egypt; I will have you live in tents again as in the days of Meeting.
11 Then I will speak to the prophets, give them many visions and teach you through their parables.
12 The people of Gilead are wicked; they are false. They offered sacrifices to bulls in Gilgal. This is why their altars will become ruins on a plowed field.
13 Jacob fled to the plains of Aram; Israel served to have a wife, and for her sake he cared for sheep.
14 Yahweh, in turn brought Israel out of Egypt through a prophet; by means of this prophet he cared for them.
15 Ephraim, nevertheless, angered him bitterly. The Lord will bring down on him the blood he shed and repay him for his contempt.
Versículos relacionados com Hosea, 12:
Hosea Chapter 12 begins with a retrospective of Jacob's history, emphasizing his misleading nature and his struggles with God, and then turns to Israel's present situation, exhorting them to repent and return to the Lord. The verses related to the topics addressed in Hosea 12 are:
Genesis 32:28: "Then said man, 'Thou shalt not call you Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men and overcome.'" This verse refers to the history of Jacob mentioned at the beginning of Hosea chapter 12 where he fought with God and was renamed Israel, meaning "He who fights with God."
Exodus 3:14: "God said to Moses, 'I am what I am. And added,' Thou shalt say to the Israelites, I am sent me to you. '" This verse relates to the message of Hosea 12:9, where God accuses Israel of forgetting his name and sovereignty.
Isaiah 44:22: "I deleted your transgressions as the mist, and your sins, like the cloud. Go back to me, for I rescued him." This verse expresses God's invitation to repentance and the promise of forgiveness, which is a central theme of Hosea Chapter 12.
Jeremiah 31:9: "With crying will come, but with consolation I will guide them. I will take them to the water streams, on a right path in which they will not stumble, because I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn." In this verse, God shakes Himself of Israel, promising comfort and guide, as in Hosea 12:6, where God exhorts Israel to turn to Him and wait for His judgment and comfort.
Zechariah 10:12: "I will strengthen them in the Lord, and will walk in His name," this verse expresses the confidence that Israel must deposit in God, which is the final message of Hosea chapter 12.
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