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| [1]Ephraim is fed with the wynde, & foloweth after the east winde, he dayly encreaseth lyes & destruction, they be confederate with the Assyrians, their oyle is caryed into Egypt |
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| [2]The Lorde hath a controuersie with Iuda, and wyll visite Iacob accordyng to his wayes, accordyng to their owne inuentions wyll he recompence them |
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| [3]He toke his brother by the heele when he was yet in his mothers wombe, and in his strength he wrestled with God |
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| [4]He stroue with the angel and gat the victorie, he wept and prayed to him: he founde him at Bethel, and there he spake with vs |
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| [5]Yea the Lorde God of hoastes, euen the Lorde himselfe remembred him |
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| [6]Therfore turne to thy God, kepe mercie and iudgement, and hope styll in thy God |
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| [7][He is] Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse |
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| [8]And Ephraim hath sayde, Tushe I am riche, I haue good enough: in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended |
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| [9]Yet am I the Lorde thy God from the lande of Egypt, I wyll yet make thee dwell in the tabernacles as in the hye feast dayes |
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| [10]I haue spoken through the prophetes, and haue multiplied visions, & shewed similitudes by the ministerie of the prophetes |
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| [11]In Galaad is iniquitie, they are fallen to vanitie: at Gilgal they haue sacrificed oxen, & their aulters are as heapes in the furrowes of the fielde |
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| [12]Iacob fled into the lande of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheepe. |
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| [13]By a prophete the Lorde brought them out of Egypt, and by a prophete was he preserued |
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| [14]But Ephraim hath prouoked him to displeasure through his abhominations, therfore shall his blood be powred vpon him selfe, and the Lorde his God shall rewarde him his blasphemies |
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