Bible Strands
Hosea 12:14
Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Hosea addresses the northern kingdom of Ephraim immediately after noting that God delivered and preserved Israel through a prophet.
The words — The Hebrew הִכְעִיס (hikh.'Is) means "he has provoked to anger," and יִטּוֹשׁ (yi.To.osh) translates literally as "he will leave."
The thread — The motif of divine repayment for contempt runs through Hosea 12:14 and parallels the judgment themes in Ezekiel 18:13 and Daniel 11:18.
Why it lands — The text states that Ephraim provoked bitter anger, so God will leave bloodguilt upon him and repay his contempt. The passage demands recognition that covenant betrayal triggers direct, unmediated divine accountability.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 18:13 He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
- Daniel 11:18 Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
- 2 Kings 17:7 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- Deuteronomy 28:37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- 2 Samuel 1:16 For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
- 1 Kings 2:33 Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
- Ezekiel 23:2 “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
- Ezekiel 24:7 For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
- Hosea 7:16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.