1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt. 2 The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. 3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God. 4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there— 5 the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown. 6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God. 7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. 8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.” 9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. 10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets. 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field. 12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep. 13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. 14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
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- 1 Hosea 11:12; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 5:13; Jeremiah 22:22; Ezekiel 17:10
- 2 Micah 6:2; Isaiah 10:6; Hosea 4:1; Jeremiah 25:31; Isaiah 8:7–8
- 3 Genesis 25:26; Romans 9:11; James 5:16–18; Genesis 32:24–28
- 4 Genesis 35:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Malachi 3:1; Hebrews 6:13–18; Genesis 48:15
- 5 Exodus 3:15; Psalm 135:13; Isaiah 42:8; Genesis 28:16; Genesis 32:30
- 6 Micah 6:8; Micah 7:7; Hosea 14:1; Lamentations 3:25–26; Hosea 6:1–3
- 7 Micah 6:10–11; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5–6; Leviticus 19:35–36; Micah 3:1–3
- 8 Revelation 3:17; Psalm 62:10; Deuteronomy 8:17; Proverbs 30:20; Isaiah 10:13–14
- 9 Hosea 13:4; Leviticus 23:40–43; 2 Samuel 7:2; Nehemiah 8:15–17; Zechariah 14:16–19
- 10 2 Kings 17:13; Ezekiel 20:49; Jeremiah 7:25; Joel 2:28; Jeremiah 19:1
- 11 Hosea 4:15; Hosea 6:8; Hosea 8:11; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 10:1
- 12 Genesis 29:18–28; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 28:1–22; Genesis 27:43; Deuteronomy 26:5
- 13 Acts 3:22–23; Psalm 77:20; Exodus 12:50–51; Acts 7:35–37; Isaiah 63:11–14
- 14 Ezekiel 18:13; Daniel 11:18; 2 Kings 17:7–18; Deuteronomy 28:37; Hosea 7:16
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