Hosea 12:2

Hosea 12:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord also brings a charge against Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds He will recompense him.

Context of Hosea 12:2

1Ephraim feeds on 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. The LORD has a charge to bring 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 spoke with Him there—

Hosea 12:2 word by word

וְרִ֥יב לַֽיהוָ֖ה עִם־יְהוּדָ֑ה וְלִפְקֹ֤ד עַֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ כִּדְרָכָ֔יו כְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו יָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• The LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has a charge to bringרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
• againstעִם‛im · withH5973
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• He will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• He will punishעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• according to his waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• and repayשׁוּבshûb · to return: payH7725
• according to his deedsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611

Cross-references for Hosea 12:2

• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
• Jeremiah 25:31The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
• Micah 6:2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
• 2 Kings 17:19and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
• Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
• Jeremiah 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
• Ezekiel 23:11Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
• Ezekiel 23:31Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
• Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
• Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
• Isaiah 24:21In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
• Isaiah 59:18So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

Commentaries on Hosea 12:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14Israel has engaged in deception and dishonesty since Jacob's time.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. controversy with Judah--(Ho 4:1; Mi 6:2). Judah, under Ahaz, had fallen into idolatry (2Ki 16:3, &c.). Jacob--that is, the ten tribes. If Judah, the favored portion of the nation, shall not be spared, much less degenerate Israel.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 12:2

• Israel
• Judgment
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Judah
• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Hosea
• Jacob (1)
• Jareb
• Jeshurun
• Way

Commentaries on Hosea 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings