Hosea 12:2

English Standard Version

²^(A)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.

Hosea 12:2

New International Version

²The Lord has a charge^(A) to bring against Judah;^(B)
he will punish^(C) Jacob^[a] according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.^(D)

Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

³^(A)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.

³In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;^(A)
as a man he struggled^(B) with God.

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