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1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
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Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
2 Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.
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The Lord has an indictment against Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, and repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.
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In the womb he tried to supplant his brother, and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
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He strove with the angel and prevailed, he wept and sought his favor; he met him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him.
5 Even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
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The Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his name!
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.
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But as for you, return to your God, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.
7 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
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A trader, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
8 And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.
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Ephraim has said, "Ah, I am rich, I have gained wealth for myself; in all of my gain no offense has been found in me that would be sin."
9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.
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I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of the appointed festival.
10 And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.
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I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets I will bring destruction.
11 If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
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In Gilead there is iniquity, they shall surely come to nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, so their altars shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.
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Jacob fled to the land of Aram, there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.
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By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.
14 Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.
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Ephraim has given bitter offense, so his Lord will bring his crimes down on him and pay him back for his insults.
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