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A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, Jacob
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
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.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies,
the LORD is his name!
the LORD is his name!
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
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.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
But no, the people are like crafty merchants
selling from dishonest scales —
they love to cheat.
selling from dishonest scales —
they love to cheat.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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!”
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
I sent my prophets to warn you
with many visions and parables.”
with many visions and parables.”
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
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.
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
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 the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.