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[1]Ephraim is fed with the wind, and followeth after the east wind: he increaseth daily lies and destruction, and they do make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. |
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[2]The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will visit Jacob, according to his ways: according to his works, will he recompense him. |
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[3]He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God, |
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[4]And had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept and prayed unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us. |
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[5]Yea, the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is himself his memorial. |
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[6]Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope still in thy God. |
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[7]He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. |
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[8]And Ephraim said, Notwithstanding I am rich, I have found me out riches in all my labors: they shall find none iniquity in me, that were wickedness. |
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[9]Though I am the Lord thy God, from the land of Egypt, yet will I make thee to dwell in the tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. |
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[10]I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets. |
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[11]Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal, and their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field. |
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[12]And Jacob fled into the country of Aram [Syria], and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
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[13]And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he reserved. |
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[14]But Ephraim provoked him with high places: therefore shall his blood be poured upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord reward him. |