| 1 ¶ Ephraim 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.
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| 2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish1 Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
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| 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had2 power with God:
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| 4 Yea, 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;
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| 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
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| 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
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| 7 ¶ He is a merchant,3 the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.4
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| 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all5 my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that6 were sin.
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| 9 And 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.
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| 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry7 of the prophets.
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| 11 Is 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.
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| 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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| 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
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| 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most8 bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood9 upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
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