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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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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3:
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his
strength he had power 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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5: Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
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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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7: He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he
loveth to oppress. |
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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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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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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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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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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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13: And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by
a prophet was he preserved. |
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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. |