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Ephraim Reminded
Ephraim feeds on wind,
And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.
Ephraim feeds on wind,
And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to 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.
The LORD also has a dispute with Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.
In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
And in his maturity he contended with God.
And in his maturity he contended 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.
Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and sought His favor.
He found Him at Bethel
And there He spoke with us,
He wept and sought His favor.
He found Him at 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 the LORD, the God of hosts,
The LORD is His name.
The LORD is His name.
the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!
the Lord is his name!
Therefore, return to your God,
Observe kindness and justice,
And wait for your God continually.
Observe kindness and justice,
And wait for your 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.
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.
He loves to oppress.
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
and loves to defraud.
And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
No iniquity, which would be sin.”
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
No iniquity, which would be 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 have been the LORD your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you live in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
I will make you live in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
“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.
I have also spoken to the prophets,
And I gave numerous visions,
And through the prophets I gave parables.
And I gave numerous visions,
And through the prophets I gave parables.
I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
Is there iniquity in Gilead?
Surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps
Beside the furrows of the field.
Surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps
Beside the furrows of the field.
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.
Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
And Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
And Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel from Egypt,
And by a prophet he was kept.
And by a prophet he was kept.
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.