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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Hosea 12:2

The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

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.
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 chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt. 2The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.3In the womb he grasped his brother's heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God. 4Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel, and there He spoke with us- 5the LORD is the God of Hosts-the LORD is His name of renown. 6But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

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 12:3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land to the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Genesis 12:8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 12:9
And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 12:14
So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 12:16
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
Genesis 12:17
The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram's wife Sarai.
Genesis 12:18
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?

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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