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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.
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.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
as a man he struggled with God.
as a man 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 —
the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies,
the LORD is his name!
the LORD is his name!
the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!
the Lord is his name!
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.
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.
But no, the people are like crafty merchants
selling from dishonest scales —
they love to cheat.
selling from dishonest scales —
they love to cheat.
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
and loves to defraud.
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!”
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.”
“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 sent my prophets to warn you
with many visions and parables.”
with many visions and parables.”
I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
gave them many visions
and told parables through them.”
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 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.
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.