12:1 The people of Israel feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They multiply lies and violence; they make alliances with Assyria and cut deals with the Egyptians.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 1 , The people of Israel feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They multiply lies and violence; they make alliances with Assyria and cut deals with the Egyptians.
12:2 Now the LORD is bringing a lawsuit against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob for all his deceitful ways.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 2 , Now the LORD is bringing a lawsuit against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob for all his deceitful ways.
12:3 Before Jacob was born, he struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 3 , Before Jacob was born, he struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.
12:4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him--
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 4 , Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him--
12:5 the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name!
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 5 , the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name!
12:6 So now, come back to your God! Act on the principles of love and justice, and always live in confident dependence on your God.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 6 , So now, come back to your God! Act on the principles of love and justice, and always live in confident dependence on your God.
12:7 But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales--they love to cheat.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 7 , But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales--they love to cheat.
12:8 Israel boasts, 'I am rich, and I've gotten it all by myself! No one can say I got it by cheating! My record is spotless!'
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 8 , Israel boasts, 'I am rich, and I've gotten it all by myself! No one can say I got it by cheating! My record is spotless!'
12:9 'I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from your slavery in Egypt. And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year when you celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 9 , 'I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from your slavery in Egypt. And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year when you celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
12:10 I sent my prophets to warn you with many visions and parables.'
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 10 , I sent my prophets to warn you with many visions and parables.'
12:11 But Gilead is filled with sinners who worship idols. And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls; their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone along the edges of a plowed field.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 11 , But Gilead is filled with sinners who worship idols. And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls; their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone along the edges of a plowed field.
12:12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and earned a wife by tending sheep.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 12 , Jacob fled to the land of Aram and earned a wife by tending sheep.
12:13 Then the LORD led Jacob's descendants, the Israelites, out of Egypt by a prophet, who guided and protected them.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 13 , Then the LORD led Jacob's descendants, the Israelites, out of Egypt by a prophet, who guided and protected them.
12:14 But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the LORD, so their Lord will now sentence them to death in payment for their sins.
The NLT Book of Hosea , Chapter 12 , Verse 14 , But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the LORD, so their Lord will now sentence them to death in payment for their sins.
