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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The LORD also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his conduct; he will repay him based on his actions. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3In the womb he grasped his brother's heel, and as an adult he wrestled with God. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Jacob struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The LORD is the God of Armies; the LORD is his name. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6But you must return to your God. Maintain love and justice, and always put your hope in God. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But Ephraim thinks, "How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me that I can be punished for!" |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I have been the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I will speak through the prophets and grant many visions; I will give parables through the prophets. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like piles of rocks on the furrows of a field. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The LORD brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet, and Israel was tended by a prophet. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and repay him for his contempt. |
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