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| 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. | 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. |
| 2The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does. | 2The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds. |
| 3He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God. | 3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God. |
| 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— | 4He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us— |
| 5the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies— the LORD is his name. | 5the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name: |
| 6So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always. | 6“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” |
| 7"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud. | 7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. |
| 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.' | 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.” |
| 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. | 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. |
| 10I spoke to the prophets, giving revelation after revelation, and employing parables in the prophetic writings. | 10I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 12Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife. | 12Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep. |
| 13"By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was rescued. | 13By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded. |
| 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." | 14Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds. |
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