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1 E'phraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to 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 has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and requite him according to his deeds.
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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 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove 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 He strove with the angel and prevailed, he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with him--
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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 the LORD the God of hosts, the LORD is his name:
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5 the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name of renown!
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6 "So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."
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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 A trader, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
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7 The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud.
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8 E'phraim has said, "Ah, but I am rich, I have gained wealth for myself": but all his riches can never offset the guilt he has incurred.
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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 I 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.
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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 spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.
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10 I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them."
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11 If there is iniquity in Gilead they shall surely come to nought; if in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, their altars also shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
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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 (Jacob fled to the land of Aram, there Israel did service for a wife, and for a wife he herded 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 By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was 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 E'phraim has given bitter provocation; so his LORD will leave his bloodguilt upon him, and will turn back upon him his reproaches.
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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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