Hosea 12 — TOJB
12Verse 1Ephrayim compasseth Me about with kachash (lies),
and Bais Yisroel with mirmar (deceit);+
but Yehudah still is unruly against El,
and against Kadoshim (Holy One);+Who is ne'eman.
Verse 2Ephrayim feedeth on wind, and chasing after the east wind;
he daily increaseth kazav (lies) and sod (desolation);
and cuts brit with the Assyrians,
and shemen is sent to Mitzrayim.Verse 3Hashem hath also a charge against Yehudah,
and will visit punishment on Ya'akov according to his ways;
according to his doings will He repay him.
Verse 4In the beten (womb) he (Ya'akov) akav (took at the heel) [of] his brother
and by his strength he sarah (struggled with, persevered) with Elohim;
Verse 5Yea, he (Yisroel) sarah (had power over) the malach, and prevailed;
he wept, and made techinnah unto Him;
He found him at Beit-El,
and there He spoke with us;
Verse 6Even Hashem Elohei Tzva'os;
Hashem is His [memorial] Name!
Verse 7Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha;
be shomer over chesed and mishpat
and wait on Eloheicha tamid (continually).Verse 8A kena'an (merchant), in whose hand are the scales of mirmar (deceit)
He loveth to oppress.
Verse 9And Ephrayim boasts: Yet I am become an oisher,
I have found me out wealth;
in all my gain they shall find none avon (iniquity, offense)
in me that would be chet (sin).
Verse 10And I that am Hashem Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayim
will yet make thee to dwell in oholim,
as in the yamei mo'ed.+Verse 11I have also spoken to the nevi'im,
and I have multiplied chazon (vision, revelation, prophecy),
and spoken parables by the nevi'im.
Verse 12Is there aven (iniquity) in Gil'ad?
Surely they are vanity;
they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal;
yea, their mizbechot are as piles of stones
in the furrows of the fields.
Verse 13And Ya'akov fled into the country of Aram,
and Yisroel served for an isha,
and for an isha he was shomer [over sheep].
Verse 14And by a navi Hashem brought Yisroel out of Mitzrayim,
and shomer+a navi was.
Verse 15Ephrayim has provoked bitter anger;
therefore shall He leave his blood-guiltiness upon him,
and his scorn shall Adonoi of him return and repay unto him.
and Bais Yisroel with mirmar (deceit);+
but Yehudah still is unruly against El,
and against Kadoshim (Holy One);+Who is ne'eman.
Verse 2Ephrayim feedeth on wind, and chasing after the east wind;
he daily increaseth kazav (lies) and sod (desolation);
and cuts brit with the Assyrians,
and shemen is sent to Mitzrayim.Verse 3Hashem hath also a charge against Yehudah,
and will visit punishment on Ya'akov according to his ways;
according to his doings will He repay him.
Verse 4In the beten (womb) he (Ya'akov) akav (took at the heel) [of] his brother
and by his strength he sarah (struggled with, persevered) with Elohim;
Verse 5Yea, he (Yisroel) sarah (had power over) the malach, and prevailed;
he wept, and made techinnah unto Him;
He found him at Beit-El,
and there He spoke with us;
Verse 6Even Hashem Elohei Tzva'os;
Hashem is His [memorial] Name!
Verse 7Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha;
be shomer over chesed and mishpat
and wait on Eloheicha tamid (continually).Verse 8A kena'an (merchant), in whose hand are the scales of mirmar (deceit)
He loveth to oppress.
Verse 9And Ephrayim boasts: Yet I am become an oisher,
I have found me out wealth;
in all my gain they shall find none avon (iniquity, offense)
in me that would be chet (sin).
Verse 10And I that am Hashem Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayim
will yet make thee to dwell in oholim,
as in the yamei mo'ed.+Verse 11I have also spoken to the nevi'im,
and I have multiplied chazon (vision, revelation, prophecy),
and spoken parables by the nevi'im.
Verse 12Is there aven (iniquity) in Gil'ad?
Surely they are vanity;
they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal;
yea, their mizbechot are as piles of stones
in the furrows of the fields.
Verse 13And Ya'akov fled into the country of Aram,
and Yisroel served for an isha,
and for an isha he was shomer [over sheep].
Verse 14And by a navi Hashem brought Yisroel out of Mitzrayim,
and shomer+a navi was.
Verse 15Ephrayim has provoked bitter anger;
therefore shall He leave his blood-guiltiness upon him,
and his scorn shall Adonoi of him return and repay unto him.