{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:11:11.318Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh by weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah is His memorial."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that is sin.'"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Surely Gilead is iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars are as heaps, on the furrows of a field."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 12 (YLT)","markdown":"[Hosea 12](https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/12 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}