Hosea 12:1-2

New International Version

12 ^[a]¹Ephraim^(A) feeds on the wind;^(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.^(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria^(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.^(E)
²The Lord has a charge^(F) to bring against Judah;^(G)
    he will punish^(H) Jacob^[b] according to his ways
    and repay him according to his deeds.^(I)

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Footnotes

Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.
Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

Hosea 12:6-14

New International Version

⁶But you must return^(A) to your God;
maintain love and justice,^(B)
and wait for your God always.^(C)

⁷The merchant uses dishonest scales^(D)
    and loves to defraud.
⁸Ephraim boasts,^(E)
    “I am very rich; I have become wealthy.^(F)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
    any iniquity or sin.”

⁹“I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt;^(G)
I will make you live in tents^(H) again,
    as in the days of your appointed festivals.
¹⁰I spoke to the prophets,
    gave them many visions
    and told parables^(I) through them.”^(J)

¹¹Is Gilead wicked?^(K)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?^(L)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.^(M)
¹²Jacob fled to the country of Aram^[a];^(N)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.^(O)
¹³The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,^(P)
    by a prophet he cared for him.^(Q)
¹⁴But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
    his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed^(R)
    and will repay him for his contempt.^(S)