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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.
Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues the east wind all day long;
they multiply falsehood and violence;
they make a covenant with Assyria,
and oil is carried to Egypt.
and pursues the east wind all day long;
they multiply falsehood and violence;
they make a covenant with Assyria,
and oil is carried to Egypt.
The Lord’s Indictment of Israel and Judah
The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
as a man he struggled with God.
as a man he struggled with God.
In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
and in his manhood he strove with God.
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 —
the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!
the Lord is his name!
the Lord, the God of hosts,
the Lord is his memorial name:
the Lord is his memorial name:
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.
“So you, by the help of your God, return,
hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”
hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
and loves to defraud.
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
he loves to oppress.
he loves to oppress.
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.”
Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
“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 am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.
I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
it was I who multiplied visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
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.
If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
their altars also are like stone heaps
on the furrows of the field.
they shall surely come to nothing:
in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
their altars also are like stone heaps
on the furrows of the field.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
there Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
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.
By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
and by a prophet he was guarded.
and by a prophet he was guarded.