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A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, Jacob
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Ephraim 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.
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a treaty with Assyria
and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he 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 in his strength he wrestled with God.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
as a man he struggled with God.
as a man he struggled with God.
Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel
and talked with him there —
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel
and talked with him there —
-- even Jehovah, the God of hosts, -- Jehovah is his memorial.
the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!
the Lord is his name!
And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
But you must return to your God;
maintain love and justice,
and wait for your God always.
maintain love and justice,
and wait for your God always.
[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
and loves to defraud.
And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Ephraim boasts,
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
But I [that am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
“I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt;
I will make you live in tents again,
as in the days of your appointed festivals.
ever since you came out of Egypt;
I will make you live in tents again,
as in the days of your appointed festivals.
And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Is Gilead wicked?
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.
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 Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,
by a prophet he cared for him.
by a prophet he cared for him.