Hosea 12:14
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.
Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
- KJV
- Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
- WEB
- Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
- ASV
- Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
- DARBY
- Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.
- BLB
- Ephraim has provoked to anger bitterly, and his bloodguilt He will leave upon him, and his reproach his Lord will make return to him.
- ÅB
- Efra'im har vakt bitter harme; derfor skal hans Herre la hans blodskyld komme over ham, og hans hån skal han gjengjelde ham.
[^1]: Israel lignes med det kana'anittiske handelsfolk.
[^2]: d.e. Mesopotamia. - OTB
- Efraim har vekket Guds bitre vrede;
Så hans Herre vil la hans blodskyld bli på ham
Og bringe hans skam tilbake til ham. - B1930
- Efra'im har vakt bitter harme; derfor skal hans Herre la hans blodskyld komme over ham, og hans hån skal han gjengjelde ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 18:13
He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
Read in contextDaniel 11:18
Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
Read in context2 Kings 17:7–18
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Read in contextHosea 7:16
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:2–10
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
Read in context1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
Read in context1 Kings 2:33–34
Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
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