Hosea 12 — T4T
12Verse 1The leaders of Israel are constantly wavering about seeking help from other countries.Seeking their help is as useless as [MET] chasing the wind.
They pile up their lies and violent acts.First, they make a treaty with Assyria,and then they send olive oil to the rulers of Egypt to seek their help.Verse 2Yahweh says that he will bring accusations against the leaders of Judah,and that he will punish the descendants of Jacob for what they have done.Verse 3When Jacob was in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother Esau’s heel because he wanted to be born first.When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.Verse 4He struggled with the one who had appeared to him in the form of an angel, and Jacob defeated him,but then he cried and asked the angel to bless him.Later, God came to Jacob at Betheland talked with him there.Verse 5That was the Commander of the armies of angelswhose name is Yahweh who talked with him!Verse 6But you people of Israel must return to your God!You must faithfully love him, and you must do what is fair/just
and always depend on him.Verse 7The merchants among you use scales that do not weigh correctly;they love/like to cheat people.Verse 8The people of Israel boast, saying“We are very rich [DOU];and we got all that money by our own efforts,and without committing any sin.”Verse 9“I am Yahweh your God,the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt.And some day I will force you to live in tents again like your ancestors didwhen they celebrated the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.Verse 10Many times I spoke to the prophets,and I gave them many visions,
and I gave them parables to tell to the people.”Verse 11The people of Gilead city are [RHQ] extremely wicked;they are worthless.The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal city,but their altars will soon become like [SIM] piles of stone at the edge of a plowed field.Verse 12Your ancestor Jacob fled from his brother Esauand went to northwest Mesopotamia.
He worked for his uncle Laban for many years to get a wife;
he took care of his uncle’s sheep to pay for her.Verse 13Many years later, Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the ancestors of you people of Israel here from Egypt;that prophet, Moses, took care of them.Verse 14But now the people of Israel have caused Yahweh to become very angry;Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused many others to die [MTY];
he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.
They pile up their lies and violent acts.First, they make a treaty with Assyria,and then they send olive oil to the rulers of Egypt to seek their help.Verse 2Yahweh says that he will bring accusations against the leaders of Judah,and that he will punish the descendants of Jacob for what they have done.Verse 3When Jacob was in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother Esau’s heel because he wanted to be born first.When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.Verse 4He struggled with the one who had appeared to him in the form of an angel, and Jacob defeated him,but then he cried and asked the angel to bless him.Later, God came to Jacob at Betheland talked with him there.Verse 5That was the Commander of the armies of angelswhose name is Yahweh who talked with him!Verse 6But you people of Israel must return to your God!You must faithfully love him, and you must do what is fair/just
and always depend on him.Verse 7The merchants among you use scales that do not weigh correctly;they love/like to cheat people.Verse 8The people of Israel boast, saying“We are very rich [DOU];and we got all that money by our own efforts,and without committing any sin.”Verse 9“I am Yahweh your God,the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt.And some day I will force you to live in tents again like your ancestors didwhen they celebrated the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.Verse 10Many times I spoke to the prophets,and I gave them many visions,
and I gave them parables to tell to the people.”Verse 11The people of Gilead city are [RHQ] extremely wicked;they are worthless.The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal city,but their altars will soon become like [SIM] piles of stone at the edge of a plowed field.Verse 12Your ancestor Jacob fled from his brother Esauand went to northwest Mesopotamia.
He worked for his uncle Laban for many years to get a wife;
he took care of his uncle’s sheep to pay for her.Verse 13Many years later, Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the ancestors of you people of Israel here from Egypt;that prophet, Moses, took care of them.Verse 14But now the people of Israel have caused Yahweh to become very angry;Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused many others to die [MTY];
he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him.