Hosea 12:2 “The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob acc…”

Hosea 12:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord hath also a controuersie with Iudah, and will visite Iaakob, according to his waies: according to his workes, wil he recompence him.

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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“a controversy”

Micah 6:2 Hosea 4:1 Jeremiah 25:31

Micah 6:2 · BSB

Hear, 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:

Hosea 4:1 · BSB

Hear 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 25:31 · BSB

The 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.

“and will”

Isaiah 10:6 Jeremiah 3:8–11 Ezekiel 23:11–21 2 Kings 17:19 2 Kings 17:20 Isaiah 8:7

Isaiah 10:6 · BSB

I 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 3:8–11 · BSB

She 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 23:11–21 · BSB

Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.

2 Kings 17:19 · BSB

and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

2 Kings 17:20 · BSB

So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

Isaiah 8:7 · BSB

the 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.

“punish”

Hosea 2:13 Hosea 8:13 Isaiah 10:12 Hosea 9:9 Isaiah 24:21

Hosea 2:13 · BSB

I 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 8:13 · BSB

Though 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.

Isaiah 10:12 · BSB

So 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.

Hosea 9:9 · BSB

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

Isaiah 24:21 · BSB

In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

“according to his doings”

Isaiah 3:11 Isaiah 59:18 Matthew 16:27 Romans 2:6 Galatians 6:7

Isaiah 3:11 · BSB

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Isaiah 59:18 · BSB

So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

Matthew 16:27 · BSB

For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Romans 2:6 · BSB

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

Galatians 6:7 · BSB

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Also

Hosea 4:9

Hosea 4:9 · BSB

And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

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