1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

2

YAHUVEH hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

3

In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with YAHUVEH:

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yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

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even YAHUVEH, the YAHUVEH of hosts; YAHUVEH is his memorial name.

6

Therefore turn thou to thy YAHUVEH: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy YAHUVEH continually.

7

He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

8

And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

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But I am YAHUVEH thy YAHUVEH from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

10

I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

11

Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

12

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

13

And by a prophet YAHUVEH brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

14

Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Master return unto him.