Hosea 12:2
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.
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 —
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
- The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
- KJV
- The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
- WEB
- The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
- ASV
- Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
- DARBY
- Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
- BLB
- A dispute [is] unto YHWH against Judah, to visit punishment on Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds He will recompense to him.
- ÅB
- Herren har trette med Juda, og han skal hjemsøke Jakob for hans ferds skyld, betale ham etter hans gjerninger.
- OTB
- Herren har også en sak med Juda,
Og vil straffe Jakob etter hans veier;
Han vil gjengjelde ham etter hans gjerninger. - B1930
- Herren har trette med Juda, og han skal hjemsøke Jakob for hans ferds skyld, betale ham efter hans gjerninger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 6:2
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
Read in contextIsaiah 10:6
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
Read in contextHosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
Read in contextJeremiah 25:31
The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:7–8
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Read in contextHosea 8:13
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:8–11
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:12
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
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