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Hosea 12:2

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Judgment;   Wicked (People);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Punishment of the Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Testimony;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jacob;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hosea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hosea, Book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - The Angel of the Lord;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hosea;   Jacob (1);   Jareb;   Jeshurun;   Way;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord also has a dispute with Judah.He is about to punish Jacob according to his conduct;he will repay him based on his actions.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD also has a controversy with Yehudah, And will punish Ya`akov according to his ways; According to his deeds he will repay him.
King James Version
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
English Standard Version
The Lord has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD also has a case against Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds.
New Century Version
The Lord also has some things against Judah. He will punish Israel for what they have done; he will give them what they deserve.
Amplified Bible
The LORD also has a dispute [a legal complaint and an indictment] with Judah, And He will punish Jacob in accordance with his ways; He will repay him in accordance with his deeds.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde hath also a controuersie with Iudah, and will visite Iaakob, according to his waies: according to his workes, wil he recompence him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD also has a dispute with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh has a contention with JudahAnd will punish Jacob according to his ways;He will cause everything to return to him according to his deeds.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord also brings charges against the people of Judah, the descendants of Jacob. He will punish them for what they have done.
Complete Jewish Bible
Efrayim is chasing the wind, pursuing the wind from the east. All day he piles up lies and desolation — they make a covenant with Ashur, while sending olive oil to Egypt.
Darby Translation
Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "I have a complaint against Israel. Jacob must be punished for the bad things he did.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; and according to his devices will he recompense him.
Good News Translation
The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people of Judah; he is also going to punish Israel for the way her people act. He will pay them back for what they have done.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Literal Translation
Jehovah also has a quarrel with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds.
American Standard Version
Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ephraim striveth after wind, and followeth after the east wind; all the day he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord hath also a controuersie with Iudah, and will punish Iacob according to his wayes, according to his doings will he recompense him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde hath a controuersie with Iuda, and wyll visite Iacob accordyng to his wayes, accordyng to their owne inuentions wyll he recompence them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord has a controversy with Juda, in order to punish Jacob: according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him.
English Revised Version
The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
World English Bible
Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds he will repay him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the doom of the Lord is with Juda, and visityng is on Jacob; bi the weies of hym, and bi the fyndyngis of hym he schal yelde to hym.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings he will recompense him.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
New English Translation
The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
New King James Version
"The LORD also brings a charge against Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds He will recompense him.
New Living Translation
Now the Lord is bringing charges against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob for all his deceitful ways, and pay him back for all he has done.
New Life Bible
The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will punish Jacob for his ways. He will make him pay for what he has done.
New Revised Standard
The Lord has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and repay him according to his deeds.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah, - so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and requite him according to his deeds.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE hath a courte to holde with Iuda, and wil punysh Iacob: After their owne waies and acordinge to their owne inuencions, shal he recompence them.

Contextual Overview

1Ephraim, obsessed with god-fantasies, chases ghosts and phantoms. He tells lies nonstop, soul-destroying lies. Both Ephraim and Judah made deals with Assyria and tried to get an inside track with Egypt. God is bringing charges against Israel. Jacob's children are hauled into court to be punished. In the womb, that heel, Jacob, got the best of his brother. When he grew up, he tried to get the best of God . But God would not be bested. God bested him. Brought to his knees, Jacob wept and prayed. God found him at Bethel. That's where he spoke with him. God is God -of-the-Angel-Armies, God -Revealed, God -Known. 6 What are you waiting for? Return to your God! Commit yourself in love, in justice! Wait for your God, and don't give up on him—ever!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a controversy: Hosea 4:1, Jeremiah 25:31, Micah 6:2

and will: 2 Kings 17:19, 2 Kings 17:20, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Isaiah 10:6, Jeremiah 3:8-11, Ezekiel 23:11-21, Ezekiel 23:31, Ezekiel 23:32

punish: Heb. visit upon, Hosea 2:13, Hosea 8:13, Hosea 9:9, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 24:21, *marg.

according to his doings: Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 59:18, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:6, Galatians 6:7

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:13 - come up Jeremiah 30:7 - it is Ezekiel 7:4 - but Ezekiel 23:13 - that they Amos 2:4 - Judah Micah 1:1 - concerning

Cross-References

Genesis 12:4
So Abram left just as God said, and Lot left with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot with him, along with all the possessions and people they had gotten in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan and arrived safe and sound. Abram passed through the country as far as Shechem and the Oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites occupied the land.
Genesis 12:8
He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to God .
Genesis 12:9
Abram kept moving, steadily making his way south, to the Negev.
Genesis 12:10
Then a famine came to the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live; it was a hard famine. As he drew near to Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, "Look. We both know that you're a beautiful woman. When the Egyptians see you they're going to say, ‘Aha! That's his wife!' and kill me. But they'll let you live. Do me a favor: tell them you're my sister. Because of you, they'll welcome me and let me live."
Genesis 12:14
When Abram arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians took one look and saw that his wife was stunningly beautiful. Pharaoh's princes raved over her to Pharaoh. She was taken to live with Pharaoh.
Genesis 12:16
Because of her, Abram got along very well: he accumulated sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, men and women servants, and camels. But God hit Pharaoh hard because of Abram's wife Sarai; everybody in the palace got seriously sick.
Genesis 12:18
Pharaoh called for Abram, "What's this that you've done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she's your wife? Why did you say, ‘She's my sister' so that I'd take her as my wife? Here's your wife back—take her and get out!"
Genesis 15:5
Then he took him outside and said, "Look at the sky. Count the stars. Can you do it? Count your descendants! You're going to have a big family, Abram!"
Genesis 19:29
And that's the story: When God destroyed the Cities of the Plain, he was mindful of Abraham and first got Lot out of there before he blasted those cities off the face of the Earth.
Genesis 35:11
God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah,.... The two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, as well as the ten tribes; for though they had ruled with God, and had been faithful with the saints in the first times of the apostasy of Israel; yet afterwards they sadly degenerated, and fell into idolatry likewise, particularly in the time of Ahaz, in which Hosea prophesied; and therefore the Lord had somewhat against them; nor would he spare them, but reprove them by the prophets, and rebuke them in his providences; bring them to his bar, and lay before them their evils, and threaten them with punishment in case of impenitence, as follows:

and will punish Jacob according to his ways; all the posterity of Jacob, whether Ephraim or Judah; those of the ten tribes, or of the two, who all descended from Jacob: or, "will visit according to his ways" s; if right, and agreeably to the mind and word of God, in a way of grace and mercy; but if wrong, crooked, and perverse, then in a way of punishment; for visiting is used both ways:

according to his doings will he recompense him; as they were good or bad; if good, will reward them with a reward of grace; if bad, with vengeance. The Targum paraphrases it,

"according to his right works.''

s לפקד-כדרכיו "ad visitandum juxta vias ejus", Pagninus, Montanus; "visitabit secundum vias ejus", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob - The guilt of Judah was not open apostasy, nor had he filled up the measure of his sins. Of him, then, God saith only, that He “had a controversy with” him, as our Lord says to the “Angel of the Church of Pergamos, I have a few things against thee. Repent, or else I will come unto thee quickly, and fight against thee with the sword of My mouth” Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:16. Of Ephraim, whose sin was complete, He says, that the Lord “is to punish.” God had set His mind, as we say, on punishing him; He had (so to speak) set Himself to do it. Jacob, like Israel, is here the name for the chief part of Israel, i. e., the ten tribes. Our Lord uses the same gradation in speaking of different degrees of evil-speaking; “Whosoever of you is angry without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire” Matthew 5:22. : “The justice of God falls more severely on those who degenerate from a holy parent, than on those who have no incitement to good from the piety of their home.” To amplify this , “The prophet explains what good things Jacob received, to show both the mercy of God to Jacob, and the hardness of Ephraim toward God. While Jacob was yet in his mother’s womb, he took his brother by the heel, not by any strength of his own, but by the mercy of God, who knows and loves those whom he hath predestinated.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hosea 12:2. The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah — The rest of the prophecy belongs both to Judah and Israel. He reproaches both with their ingratitude, and threatens them with God's anger. In order to make their infidelity the more hateful, and their malice the more sensible, he opposes to them the righteousness, obedience, and piety of their father Jacob. He recalls to their minds the benefits they had received since they returned from Egypt. He speaks afterwards of their kings; and how, in their ingratitude, they refused to have him for their monarch. Having mentioned this fact, he subjoins reflections, exhortations, invectives, and threatenings, and continues this subject in this and the two following chapters.-Calmet.


 
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