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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.
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.
Even in the womb,
Jacob struggled with his brother;
when he became a man,
he even fought with God.
Jacob struggled with his brother;
when he became a man,
he even fought 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,
-- even Jehovah, the God of hosts, -- Jehovah is his memorial.
the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies,
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.
So now, come back to your God.
Act with love and justice,
and always depend on him.
Act with love and justice,
and always depend on him.
[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
But no, the people are like crafty merchants
selling from dishonest scales —
they love to cheat.
selling from dishonest scales —
they love to cheat.
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.
Israel boasts, “I am rich!
I’ve made a fortune all by myself!
No one has caught me cheating!
My record is spotless!”
I’ve made a fortune all by myself!
No one has caught me cheating!
My record is spotless!”
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.
And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
I sent my prophets to warn you
with many visions and parables.”
with many visions and parables.”
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.
But the people of Gilead are worthless
because of their idol worship.
And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls;
their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone
along the edges of a plowed field.
because of their idol worship.
And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls;
their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone
along the edges of 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.