1. Ephraim feeds on wind,and chases the east wind.He continually multiplies lies and desolation.They make a covenant with Assyria,and oil is carried into Egypt.
2. The Lord also has a controversy with Judah,and will punish Jacob according to his ways;according to his deeds he will repay him.
3. In the womb he took his brother by the heel;and in his manhood he contended with God.
4. Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed;he wept, and made supplication to him.He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
5. even the Lord, the God of Hosts;The Lord is his name of renown!
6. Therefore turn to your God.Keep kindness and justice,and wait continually for your God.
7. A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.He loves to defraud.
8. Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,I have found myself wealth.In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
9. “But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt.I will yet again make you dwell in tents,as in the days of the solemn feast.