22 How long will you (A)gad about,
O you (B)backsliding daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman shall encompass a man.”

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22 How long will you wander,(A)
    unfaithful(B) Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing(C) on earth—
    the woman will return to[a](D) the man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:22 Or will protect

13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (A)wound,
Then Ephraim went (B)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.

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13 “When Ephraim(A) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(B)
    and sent to the great king for help.(C)
But he is not able to cure(D) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(E)

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Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God

12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 ruin
  2. Hosea 12:1 Or treaty

12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.