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Berean Standard Bible

Hosea 12

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  1. 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
  2. 2 Yahweh has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. After Yahweh has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
  3. 3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
  4. 4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
  5. 5 Yahweh God of Hosts, Yahweh is His name of renown. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown. After Yahweh God of Hosts, Yahweh is His name of renown.
  6. 6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
  7. 7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
  8. 8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
  9. 9 But I am Yahweh your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. After But I am Yahweh your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
  10. 10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
  11. 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
  12. 12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
  13. 13 But by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. After But by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
  14. 14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
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