Hosea 12:8

Translations

Modern

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

Traditional

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Literal

And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they will find in me no iniquity that is sin.”

Latin

Et dixit Ephraim: Verumtamen dives effectus sum; inveni idolum mihi: omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi.

Original

Hebrew

English

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

Notes

Hosea 12:7–8

During the reign of Jeroboam II (793–753 BC), Israelite merchants became very wealthy. They often used deceitful business practices like dishonest scales (see Amos 8:5–6).
The Hebrew term for merchants is kena‘an (“Canaan”). Canaanite traders were known in the ancient world for their crafty dealings. The Israelites imitated their pagan neighbors in both religion and commerce.

Hosea 11:12–12:14

Israel has engaged in deception and dishonesty since Jacob's time.

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Jacob

Events

Prophecies of Hosea

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Revelation 3:17
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Psalm 62:10
Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Zechariah 11:5
…whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
Deuteronomy 8:17
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
Psalm 49:6
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Psalm 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
1 Timothy 6:5
…and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
Isaiah 10:13–14
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
Job 31:24–25
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

People

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel

Glossary

Beggar Hosea, Book of

Topics

Measure: Must be Just Presumption: Exhibited in Self-Righteousness Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments Riches: General Scriptures Concerning Riches: Often Lead to Pride Self-Delusion: Israelites Self-Delusion: Prosperity Frequently Leads To Self-Righteousness: General Scriptures Concerning

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