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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.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
as a man he struggled with God.
as a man he struggled with God.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb,
And in his strength he struggled with God.
And in his strength he struggled 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 —
Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
He wept, and sought favor from Him.
He found Him in Bethel,
And there He spoke to us —
He wept, and sought favor from Him.
He found Him in Bethel,
And there He spoke to us —
the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!
the Lord is his name!
That is, the Lord God of hosts.
The Lord is His memorable name.
The Lord is His memorable 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;
Observe mercy and justice,
And wait on your God continually.
Observe mercy and justice,
And wait on your God continually.
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
and loves to defraud.
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.”
And Ephraim said,
‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’
‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is 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.
“But I am the Lord your God,
Ever since the land of Egypt;
I will again make you dwell in tents,
As in the days of the appointed feast.
Ever since 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.”
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.
Jacob fled to the country of Syria;
Israel served for a spouse,
And for a wife he tended sheep.
Israel served for a spouse,
And for a wife he tended 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 out of Egypt,
And by a prophet he was preserved.
And by a prophet he was preserved.