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| [1]EPHRAIM feeds on wind and follows after the tempest all the day long; they have multiplied lies and prey; they have made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. |
[1]Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried. |
| [2]The LORD has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; and according to his devices will he recompense him. |
[2]And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him. |
| [3]In the womb he deceived his brother, and by his might he became great in the presence of God; |
[3]In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God, |
| [4]Yea, he prevailed over the angel, he made supplication to him; he found him in Beth-el, and there he spoke with him. |
[4]Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us, |
| [5]Even the LORD the God of hosts has remembered him. |
[5]Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial. |
| [6]Therefore return to your God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for your God continually |
[6]And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually. |
| [7]The balances of deceit are in the hand of Canaan, he loves to oppress. |
[7]Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved. |
| [8]And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found grief; but all my labors will not be enough to rid me of the sin which I have sinned. |
[8]And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.' |
| [9]I am the LORD your God who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. I will again make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feasts. |
[9]And I -- Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time. |
| [10]I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets. |
[10]And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes. |
| [11]In Gilead you suffered pain, and in Gilgal you sacrificed bullocks to falsehood; your altars are like dry stalks in a barren field. |
[11]Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field. |
| [12]Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
[12]And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch. |
| [13]And by the prophets the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by the prophets was he preserved. |
[13]And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched. |
| [14]Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly; therefore his blood shall come upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him |
[14]Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord! |