| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Ephraim feeds on wind, And pursues the east wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried to Egypt. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The LORD also has a dispute with 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 maturity he contended with God. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed; He wept and sought His favor. He found Him at Bethel And there He spoke with us, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Even the LORD, the God of hosts, The LORD is His name. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually. |
| 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] | 8And Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No iniquity, which would be sin." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But I have been the LORD your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, As in the days of the appointed festival. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I have also spoken to the prophets, And I gave numerous visions, And through the prophets I gave parables. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel from Egypt, And by a prophet he was kept. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Ephraim has provoked to bitter anger; So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him And bring back his reproach to him. |
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