# Hosea 12

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Ephraim chases 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] The LORD also brings a charge against Judah.
He will punish Jacob according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds. [3] In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
and in his vigor he wrestled with God. [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] the LORD is the God of Hosts—
the LORD is His name of renown. [6] But you must return to your God,
maintaining love and justice,
and always waiting on your God. [7] A merchant loves to defraud
with dishonest scales in his hands. [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] 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. [10] I spoke through the prophets
and multiplied their visions;
I gave parables through the prophets. [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] Jacob fled to the land of Aram
and Israel worked for a wife—
for a wife he tended sheep. [13] But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt,
and by a prophet he was preserved. [14] Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,
so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him
and repay him for his contempt.

## Places in this chapter

- **Gilead 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gilead-1
- **Gilgal 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gilgal-1
- **Bethel 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethel-1
- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt
- **Aram** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/aram

## Each verse

- Hosea 12:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/1
- Hosea 12:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/2
- Hosea 12:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/3
- Hosea 12:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/4
- Hosea 12:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/5
- Hosea 12:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/6
- Hosea 12:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/7
- Hosea 12:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/8
- Hosea 12:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/9
- Hosea 12:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/10
- Hosea 12:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/11
- Hosea 12:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/12
- Hosea 12:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/13
- Hosea 12:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/12/14