| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Ephraim 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. | 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 hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. | 2The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does. |
| 3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: | 3He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God. |
| 4Yea, 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; | 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— |
| 5Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. | 5the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies— the LORD is his name. |
| 6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. | 6So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always. |
| 7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. | 7"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud. |
| 8And 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. | 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.' |
| 9And 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. | 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 have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. | 10I spoke to the prophets, giving revelation after revelation, and employing parables in the prophetic writings. |
| 11Is 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. | 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. |
| 12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. | 12Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife. |
| 13And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. | 13"By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was rescued. |
| 14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. | 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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