| Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt. | 1 "Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt. |
| 2The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. | 2The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does. |
| 3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God. | 3He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God. |
| 4Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there— | 4He even fought the angel and won; he cried and prayed to him. Then at Bethel he found him, and there he spoke with us— |
| 5the LORD is the God of Hosts—the LORD is His name of renown. | 5the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies— the LORD is his name. |
| 6But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God. | 6So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always. |
| 7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. | 7"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud. |
| 8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.” | 8Ephraim claims, 'I have become rich, I have made a fortune! Because of all my wealth, no one will find any iniquity or sin in me.' |
| 9But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. | 9"Yet I remain the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival of that name. |
| 10I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets. | 10I spoke to the prophets, giving revelation after revelation, and employing parables in the prophetic writings. |
| 11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field. | 11"There's iniquity in Gilead, isn't there? They have become truly vain. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; their altars are like piles of stone in furrowed fields. |
| 12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep. | 12Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife. |
| 13But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. | 13"By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was rescued. |
| 14Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt. | 14Ephraim has stirred up violent anger; therefore the guilt of his blood will remain on him, and his Lord will repay him for his contempt." |
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