Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish† Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had† power with God:
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
He is a merchant†, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress†.
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.†
And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry† of the prophets.
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Ephraim provoked him to anger most† bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood† upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
