1. Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2. The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3. He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God
4. Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed he wept, and made supplication to him he found him [in] Beth-el, and there he spoke with us;
5. Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.
6. Therefore turn thou to thy God keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
7. [He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand he loveth to oppress.
8. And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance [in] all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that [were] sin.
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.
10. I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.
11. [Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12. And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
13. And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14. Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly therefore will he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him.