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Myles Coverdale Bible

Hosea 12:2

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.

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.

Contextual Overview

1 Ephraim kepeth the ayre, and foloweth after the east wynde: he is euer increasinge lyes & destruction. They be confederate with the Assirians, their oyle is caried in to Egipte. 2 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. 3 He toke his brother by the hele, when he was yet in his mothers wombe: and in his strength he wrestled with God. 4 He stroue with the Angel, and gat the victory: so that he prayde and desyred him. He fande him at Bethel, & there he talked wt vs. 5 Yee the LORDE God of hoostes, euen ye LORDE him self remembred him: 6 Then turne to thy God, kepe mercy and equyte, and hope still in thy 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 wil blesse them that blesse the, and curse them that curse the: and in the shal all the generacions of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:4
Then wente Abram out, as the LORDE commaunded him, and Lot wente with him. Fyue & seuentie yeare olde was Abra, whan he wente out of Haran.
Genesis 12:6
And whe they were come in to the same londe, he wente thorow, tyll he came vnto the place of Sichem, and vnto the Okegroue of More: for ye Cananites dwelt in ye lode at ye same time.
Genesis 12:8
The brake he vp fro thece, vnto a mountayne yt laye on ye east syde of the cite of Bethel, & pitched his tent: so yt he had Bethel on the west side, and Ay on ye east syde: & there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE, & called vpon the name of the LORDE.
Genesis 12:9
Afterwarde departed Abram farther, & toke his iourneye southwarde.
Genesis 12:10
But there came a derth in the londe. Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himself there as a straunger, for the derth was sore in the londe.
Genesis 12:14
Now whan he came in to Egipte, ye Egipcians sawe ye woman, yt she was very faire:
Genesis 12:16
and Abram was well intreated for hir sake: and he had shepe, oxe, and he Asses, seruauntes, maydes, she Asses and Camels.
Genesis 12:17
But ye LORDE plaged Pharao & his house wt greate plages, because of Sarai Abras wife.
Genesis 12:18
Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy 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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