Hosea 何西阿书12

12Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
2The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
3In the womb he grasped his brother's heel; as a man he struggled with God.
4He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there-
5the Lord God Almighty¹, the Lord is his name of renown²!
6But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
7The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud³.
8Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity⁴ or sin."
9"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed feasts.
10I spoke⁵ to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables⁶ through them."
11Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed⁷ field.
12Jacob fled to the country of Aram ; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
13The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.
14But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger; his Lord will leave upon him the guilt⁸ of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.

1 almighty   

adj.全能的，万能的；很大的，很强的

参考例句：

• Those rebels did not really challenge Gods almighty power.这些叛徒没有对上帝的全能力量表示怀疑。
• It's almighty cold outside.外面冷得要命。

2 renown   

n.声誉，名望

参考例句：

• His renown has spread throughout the country.他的名声已传遍全国。
• She used to be a singer of some renown.她曾是位小有名气的歌手。

3 defraud   

vt.欺骗，欺诈

参考例句：

• He passed himself off as the managing director to defraud the bank.他假冒总经理的名义诈骗银行。
• He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.他卷入了这起欺骗政府的阴谋。

4 iniquity   

n.邪恶；不公正

参考例句：

• Research has revealed that he is a monster of iniquity.调查结果显示他是一个不法之徒。
• The iniquity of the transaction aroused general indignation.这笔交易的不公引起了普遍的愤怒。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 parables   

n.（圣经中的）寓言故事( parable的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Jesus taught in parables. 耶酥以比喻讲道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In the New Testament are the parables and miracles. 《新约》则由寓言利奇闻趣事构成。 来自辞典例句

7 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

8 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。