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| 1Ephraim 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. | 1Ephraim 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. |
| 2The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds. | 2The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. |
| 3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God. | 3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: |
| 4He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us— | 4Yea, 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; |
| 5the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name: | 5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. |
| 6“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” | 6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. |
| 7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. | 7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. |
| 8Ephraim 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.” | 8And 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. |
| 9I 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. | 9And 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. |
| 10I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables. | 10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. |
| 11If 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. | 11Is 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. |
| 12Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep. | 12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
| 13By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded. | 13And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. |
| 14Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds. | 14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. |
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