Hosea 12 · Verse 14

Hosea 12:14

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Hosea 12:14, King James Version

Hosea 12:14 in other translations

BSBEphraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
WEBEphraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
ASVEphraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
YLTEphraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!
DARBYEphraim provoked him to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.
BBEI have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.
WebsterEphraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore will he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him.

What does Hosea 12:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. provoked him--that is, God. leave his blood upon him--not take away the guilt and penalty of the innocent blood shed by Ephraim in general, and to Molech in particular. his reproach shall his Lord return unto him--Ephraim's dishonor to God in worshipping idols, God will repay to him. That God is "his Lord" by right redemption and special revelation to Ephraim only aggravates his guilt, instead of giving him hope of escape. God does not give up His claim to them as His, however they set aside His dominion.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Therefore shall he leave his blood upon him - He will not remove his guilt. These are similar to our Lord's words, Joh 3:36; Joh 9:41 : "He that believeth not on the Son of God, shall not see life, for the wrath of God Abideth On Him" - shall not be removed by any remission, as he rejects the only way in which he can be saved. Because ye say, We see; therefore, Your Sin Remaineth, i.e., it still stands charged against you. Your miseries and destruction are of your own procuring; your perdition is of yourselves. God is as merciful as he is just.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 12:7-14

Ephraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite. They carried on trade upon Canaanitish principles, covetously and with fraud and deceit. Thus they became rich, and falsely supposed that Providence favoured them. But shameful sins shall have shameful punishments. Let them remember, not only what a mighty prince Jacob was with God, but what a servant he was to Laban. The benefits we have had from the…

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Hosea 12:14 in the original Hebrew

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הִכְעִ֥יסhikh.'Ishe has provoked to angerH3707
אֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
תַּמְרוּרִ֑יםtam.ru.Rimbitterness<es>H8563
וְדָמָיו֙ve.da.Mavand blood<s> hisH1818
עָלָ֣יו'a.Lavon himH5921
יִטּ֔וֹשׁyi.To.oshhe will leaveH5203
וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹve.Cher.pa.Toand reproach hisH2781
יָשִׁ֥יבya.Shivhe will repayH7725
ל֖וֹloto him
אֲדֹנָֽיו\׃'a.do.Navlord<s> hisH113

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 12:14

  • Ezekiel 18:13

    Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Daniel 11:18

    After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.

  • 2 Kings 17:7-18

    For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: …

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  • Hosea 7:16

    They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 23:2-10

    Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, …

  • 1 Samuel 2:30

    Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

  • 1 Kings 2:33-34

    Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

  • 2 Samuel 1:16

    And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed.

  • Ezekiel 24:7-8

    For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

  • Ezekiel 33:5

    He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
provoked.
2Ki 17:7-18; Eze 23:2-10
most bitterly. Heb. with bitternesses. therefore.
2Sa 1:16; 1Ki 2:33,34; Eze 18:13; 24:7,8; 33:5
blood. Heb. bloods. and his.
7:16; De 28:37; 1Sa 2:30; Da 11:18

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Context

  • Hosea 12:13

    And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

  • Hosea 12:14

    Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

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Hosea 12:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado. Enojado ha Ephraim á Dios con amarguras; por tanto, sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su oprobio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et, par un prophète, l’ Éternel fit monter Israël d’Égypte, et par un prophète il fut gardé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova führte Israel durch einen Propheten aus Ägypten herauf, und durch einen Propheten wurde es gehütet. Ephraim erzürnte ihn bitterlich, und sein Herr wird seine Blutschuld auf ihm lassen und seine Schmähung ihm vergelten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis: et sanguis ejus super eum veniet, et opprobrium ejus restituet ei Dominus suus.