Hosea 12

Hosea condemns Ephraim (Israel) for deceitful practices, reliance on foreign alliances with Assyria and Egypt rather than YHWH, and spiritual idolatry, using Jacob's deceptive character as a parallel to Israel's current unfaithfulness.[1][2] The chapter warns that despite Israel's material prosperity, YHWH will bring judgment and exile, calling the people to return to covenant faithfulness through mercy, justice, and obedience to God.[1][2]

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Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim feeds shepherding one of wind breath of and-pursues and pursuing-one east-wind east all entirety of the-day the day deceit falsehood and-violence and violent devastation he-multiplies he will multiply and-covenant and binding-agreement of with if / whether Assyria Ashshur Ashur they-cut they will cut off and-oil and rich oil to-Egypt to Mitsrayim to Mitserayim is-brought Brought-Forth-One
אֶפְרַ֜יִם 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 eferayim Ephraim Double Fruitfulness Eferayim HNp רֹעֶ֥ה 𐤓𐤏𐤄 roeh feeds shepherding one of HVqrmsa ר֨וּחַ֙ 𐤓𐤅𐤇 rucha Roho (Swahili) wind breath of HNcbsa וְ/רֹדֵ֣ף 𐤅/𐤓𐤃𐤐 verodef and-pursues and pursuing-one HC/Vqrmsa קָדִ֔ים 𐤒𐤃𐤉𐤌 qadim east-wind east HNcmsa כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all entirety of HNcmsc הַ/יּ֕וֹם 𐤄/𐤉𐤅𐤌 hayom the-day the day HTd/Ncmsa כָּזָ֥ב 𐤊𐤆𐤁 kazav deceit falsehood HNcmsa וָ/שֹׁ֖ד 𐤅/𐤔𐤃 vashod and-violence and violent devastation HC/Ncmsa יַרְבֶּ֑ה 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤄 yarebeh he-multiplies he will multiply HVhi3ms וּ/בְרִית֙ 𐤅/𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 uverit and-covenant and binding-agreement of HC/Ncfsa עִם 𐤏𐤌 im with if / whether HR אַשּׁ֣וּר 𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤓 ashur Assyria Ashshur Ashur HNp יִכְרֹ֔תוּ 𐤉𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤅 yikherotu they-cut they will cut off HVqi3mp וְ/שֶׁ֖מֶן 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤍 veshemen and-oil and rich oil HC/Ncmsa לְ/מִצְרַ֥יִם 𐤋/𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 lemitserayim to-Egypt to Mitsrayim to Mitserayim HR/Np יוּבָֽל 𐤉𐤅𐤁𐤋 yuval is-brought Brought-Forth-One HVHi3ms
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