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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us— |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name: |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.” |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds. |
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