Hosea

 2 Jehovah has a legal case against Judah;+

He will call for an accounting against Jacob according to his ways,

And he will repay him according to his deeds.+

 3 In the womb he seized his brother by the heel,+

And with his vigor he contended with God.+

He found him at Bethʹel, and there He spoke with us,+

 5 Jehovah the God of armies,+

Jehovah is his memorial name.*+

 6 “So return to your God,+

Maintain loyal love and justice,+

And always hope in your God.

 7 But in the hand of the tradesman* are deceptive scales;

He loves to defraud.+

 8 Eʹphra·im keeps saying, ‘Indeed, I have become rich;+

I have found wealth.+

I will again make you dwell in tents

As in the days of an appointed time.*

10 I spoke to the prophets,+

I multiplied their visions,

And I spoke parables through the prophets.

In Gilʹgal they have sacrificed bulls,+

And their altars are like piles of stones in the furrows of the field.+

12 Jacob ran away to the territory* of Aʹram;*+

Israel+ served there for a wife,+

And for a wife he guarded sheep.+

13 By a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up from Egypt,+

And by a prophet he was guarded.+

14 Eʹphra·im has caused bitter offense;+

His bloodguilt remains on him;

His Lord will repay him for his reproach.”+