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1 Ephraim 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.
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1 Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
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2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
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2 The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
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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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3 In the womb he grasped his brother's heel; as a man he struggled with God.
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4 Yea, 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;
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4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there--
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5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
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5 the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name of renown!
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6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
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6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
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7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress .
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7 The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud.
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8 And 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.
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8 Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin."
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9 And 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.
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9 "I am the LORD your God, [who brought you] out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed feasts.
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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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10 I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them."
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11 Is 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.
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11 Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.
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12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
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13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved .
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13 The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him.
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14 Ephraim 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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14 But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger; his Lord will leave upon him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt.
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