1Ephraim[H669]feedeth[H7462] on wind[H7307], and followeth[H7291] after the east wind[H6921]: he daily[H3117]increaseth[H7235]lies[H3577] and desolation[H7701]; and they do make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with the Assyrians[H804], and oil[H8081] is carried[H2986] into Egypt[H4714].
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The LORD[H3068] hath also a controversy[H7379] with Judah[H3063], and will punish[H6485]Jacob[H3290] according to his ways[H1870]; according to his doings[H4611] will he recompense[H7725] him.
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He took his brother[H251] by the heel[H6117] in the womb[H990], and by his strength[H202] he had power[H8280] with God[H430]:
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Yea, he had power[H7786] over the angel[H4397], and prevailed[H3201]: he wept[H1058], and made supplication[H2603] unto him: he found[H4672] him in Bethel[H1008], and there he spake[H1696] with us;
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Even the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of hosts[H6635]; the LORD[H3068] is his memorial[H2143].
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Therefore turn[H7725] thou to thy God[H430]: keep[H8104]mercy[H2617] and judgment[H4941], and wait[H6960] on thy God[H430]continually[H8548].
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He is a merchant[H3667], the balances[H3976] of deceit[H4820] are in his hand[H3027]: he loveth[H157] to oppress[H6231].
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And Ephraim[H669]said[H559], Yet I am become rich[H6238], I have found me out[H4672]substance[H202]: in all my labours[H3018] they shall find[H4672] none iniquity[H5771] in me that were sin[H2399].
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And I that am the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] from the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] will yet make thee to dwell[H3427] in tabernacles[H168], as in the days[H3117] of the solemn feast[H4150].
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I have also spoken[H1696] by the prophets[H5030], and I have multiplied[H7235]visions[H2377], and used similitudes[H1819], by the ministry[H3027] of the prophets[H5030].
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Is there iniquity[H205] in Gilead?[H1568] surely they are vanity[H7723]: they sacrifice[H2076]bullocks[H7794] in Gilgal[H1537]; yea, their altars[H4196] are as heaps[H1530] in the furrows[H8525] of the fields[H7704].
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And Jacob[H3290]fled[H1272] into the country[H7704] of Syria[H758], and Israel[H3478]served[H5647] for a wife[H802], and for a wife[H802] he kept[H8104] sheep.
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And by a prophet[H5030] the LORD[H3068]brought[H5927]Israel[H3478] out of Egypt[H4714], and by a prophet[H5030] was he preserved[H8104].
14Ephraim[H669] provoked him to anger[H3707] most bitterly[H8563]: therefore shall he leave[H5203] his blood[H1818] upon him, and his reproach[H2781] shall his Lord[H113]return[H7725] unto him.