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| 1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt. | 1 "Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt. |
| 2The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his conduct; he will repay him based on his actions. | 2The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does. |
| 3In the womb he grasped his brother's heel, and as an adult he wrestled with God. | 3He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God. |
| 4Jacob struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him. | 4He even fought the angel and won; he cried and prayed to him. Then at Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us— |
| 5The LORD is the God of Armies; the LORD is his name. | 5the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies— the LORD is his name. |
| 6But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God. | 6So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always. |
| 7A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands. | 7"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud. |
| 8But Ephraim thinks, "How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me that I can be punished for!" | 8Ephraim claims, 'I have become rich, I have made a fortune! Because of all my wealth, no one will find any iniquity or sin in me.' |
| 9I have been the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days. | 9"Yet I remain the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival of that name. |
| 10I will speak through the prophets and grant many visions; I will give parables through the prophets. | 10I spoke to the prophets, giving revelation after revelation, and employing parables in the prophetic writings. |
| 11Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like piles of rocks on the furrows of a field. | 11"There's iniquity in Gilead, isn't there? They have become truly vain. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; their altars are like piles of stone in furrowed fields. |
| 12Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife. | 12Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife. |
| 13The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, and Israel was tended by a prophet. | 13"By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was rescued. |
| 14Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and repay him for his contempt. | 14Ephraim has stirred up violent anger; therefore the guilt of his blood will remain on him, and his Lord will repay him for his contempt." |
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