1. Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind; all the day he multiplies lies and ruin. And they cut a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2. Jehovah also has a quarrel with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds.
3. He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he contended with God.
4. Yes, he wept and pleaded to Him, and he contended with the Angel and overcame. He found us at Bethel, and He spoke with us there,
5. even Jehovah, the God of Hosts. Jehovah is His memorial.
6. For this reason, you return to your God; keep kindness and judgment, and call on your God continually.
7. He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
8. And Ephraim said, I am rich; I have found much wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.
9. And I am Jehovah, your God from the land of Egypt; yet I will make you live in tents, as in the days of meeting.
10. I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the hand of the prophets use parables.
11. Is Gilead evil? Surely they have been vanity. They sacrificed bulls in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
12. And Jacob fled into the field of Syria, and Israel served for a wife; yea, he shepherded for a wife.
13. And by a prophet Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
14. Ephraim has provoked Me to anger most bitterly. And He shall leave his blood to him, and his Lord shall turn his reproach to him.