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The Prophet Hosea

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- Kapitel 12 -

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The people of Israel do only what is useless; they do only things that will destroy them. They tell more and more lies; they do more and more acts of violence. They make a treaty with Assyria, and they send olive oil to Egypt, to persuade those nations to protect them.
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Yahweh is also accusing the people of Judah of breaking his covenant. He will punish those descendants of Jacob for what they have done. He will pay them back; he will give them what they deserve.
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When Jacob was in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother Esau’s heel because he wanted to take his brother’s place and be the firstborn. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God.
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When the angel appeared to him, he struggled with him and won. Jacob cried out to the angel and begged him to bless him. Jacob found Yahweh at Bethel; it was there that Yahweh spoke with him.
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This is Yahweh, the God of the angel armies! “Yahweh” is the name by which we should worship him.
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Turn to your God! Obey his covenant and do what is right. Never stop trusting in your God for him to help you.
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The merchants are wicked; they use scales that give wrong weights and measures, so they can cheat those who buy from them.
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The people of Israel boast, “We are very rich, and we have found ways to make ourselves even more wealthy than we are now. In all our buying and selling, no one can see anything wrong in what we do.”
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But Yahweh says, “I am Yahweh, whom you should worship; I am the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt. I will force you away from your homes and make you live in tents again, just as when you live in tents for a few days every year when you celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
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Many times I spoke to the prophets and gave them messages, for them to give to you; and I gave them many visions for you, and I gave them parables, for them to speak to you.”
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The prophet says that if it is true that the people in the region of Gilead are wicked, then surely they are also worthless! In Gilgal they kill bulls and offer them to their idols; but these altars will be pulled down and turned into piles of stones in their fields.
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Jacob fled to the land of Aram; he, whose name God would later change to Israel, worked many years so he could marry a woman. He took care of his uncle’s sheep in order to marry her.
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Yahweh used the prophet Moses to bring Israel out of Egypt, and he took care of them by the prophet who led them.
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The people of Israel have caused Yahweh to become very angry; their Lord says that they are guilty of the death of many, and that their guilt remains on them. He will pay them back because they have insulted him with their shameful deeds.
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Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
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In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
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Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us—
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even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!
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Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
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A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
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Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
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But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
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I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
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Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.
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By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
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Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord (a) will repay his contempt.

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(a)12:14 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”