Hosea 12 · Verse 2

Hosea 12:2

The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Hosea 12:2, King James Version

Hosea 12:2 in other translations

BSBThe LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
WEBThe LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
ASVJehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
YLTAnd a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
DARBYJehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
BBEThe Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
WebsterThe LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

What does Hosea 12:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 12:1-6

Judah and Israel reminded of the Divine favours. (Hos. 12:1-6) The provocations of Israel. (Hos. 12:7-14) Verses 1-6 Ephraim feeds himself with vain hopes of help from man, when he is at enmity with God. The Jews vainly thought to secure the Egyptians by a present of the produce of their country. Judah is contended with also. God sees the sin of his own people, and will reckon with them for it. They are put in mind…

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Hosea 12:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְרִ֥יבve.Rivand a case at lawH7379
לַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.weh[belongs] to YahwehH3068
עִם\־'im-withH5973
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וְלִפְקֹ֤דve.lif.Kodand to visit [judgment]H6485
עַֽל\־'al-onH5921
יַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoJacobH3290
כִּדְרָכָ֔יוkid.ra.Khavaccording to ways hisH1870
כְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יוke.ma.'a.la.Lavaccording to deeds hisH4611
יָשִׁ֥יבya.Shivhe will repayH7725
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

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Cross references for Hosea 12:2

  • Micah 6:2

    Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

  • Isaiah 10:6

    I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • Hosea 4:1

    Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • Jeremiah 25:31

    A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 8:7-8

    Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

  • Hosea 8:13

    They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

  • Jeremiah 3:8-11

    And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

  • Isaiah 10:12

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

  • Isaiah 3:11

    Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Hosea 2:13

    And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 23:31-32

    Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

  • Isaiah 24:21

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a controversy.
4:1; Jer 25:31; Mic 6:2
and will.
2Ki 17:19,20; Isa 8:7,8; 10:6; Jer 3:8-11; Eze 23:11-21
Eze 23:31,32
punish. Heb. visit upon.
2:13; 8:13; 9:9; Isa 10:12; 24:21; *marg:
according to his doings.
Isa 3:11; 59:18; Mt 16:27; Ro 2:6; Ga 6:7

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Context

  • Hosea 12:1

    Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

  • Hosea 12:2

    The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

  • Hosea 12:3

    He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

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Hosea 12:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ephraim se apacienta del viento, y sigue al solano: mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva á Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Éphraïm se repaît de vent, et poursuit le vent d’orient; tout le jour il multiplie le mensonge et la dévastation; et ils font alliance avec l’Assyrie, et portent de l’huile en Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ephraim weidet sich an Wind und jagt dem Ostwinde nach; den ganzen Tag mehrt es Lüge und Gewalttat; und sie schließen einen Bund mit Assyrien, und Öl wird nach Ägypten gebracht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Judicium ergo Domini cum Juda, et visitatio super Jacob: juxta vias ejus, et juxta adinventiones ejus reddet ei.