Ephraim <H0669> feedeth <H7462> on wind, <H7307> and followeth <H7291> after the east wind: <H6921> he daily <H3117> increaseth <H7235> lies <H3577> and desolation; <H7701> and they do make <H3772> a covenant <H1285> with the Assyrians, <H0804> and oil <H8081> is carried <H2986> into Egypt. <H4714>
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The LORD <H3068> hath also a controversy <H7379> with Judah, <H3063> and will punish <H6485> Jacob <H3290> according to his ways; <H1870> according to his doings <H4611> will he recompense <H7725> him.
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He took his brother <H0251> by the heel <H6117> in the womb, <H0990> and by his strength <H0202> he had power <H8280> with God: <H0430>
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Yea, he had power <H7786> over the angel, <H4397> and prevailed: <H3201> he wept, <H1058> and made supplication <H2603> unto him: he found <H4672> him [in] Bethel, <H1008> and there he spake <H1696> with us;
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Even the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of hosts; <H6635> the LORD <H3068> [is] his memorial. <H2143>
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Therefore turn <H7725> thou to thy God: <H0430> keep <H8104> mercy <H2617> and judgment, <H4941> and wait <H6960> on thy God <H0430> continually. <H8548>
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[He is] a merchant, <H3667> the balances <H3976> of deceit <H4820> [are] in his hand: <H3027> he loveth <H0157> to oppress. <H6231>
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And Ephraim <H0669> said, <H0559> Yet I am become rich, <H6238> I have found <H4672> me out substance: <H0202> [in] all my labours <H3018> they shall find <H4672> none iniquity <H5771> in me that [were] sin. <H2399>
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And I [that am] the LORD <H3068> thy God <H0430> from the land <H0776> of Egypt <H4714> will yet make thee to dwell <H3427> in tabernacles, <H0168> as in the days <H3117> of the solemn feast. <H4150>
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I have also spoken <H1696> by the prophets, <H5030> and I have multiplied <H7235> visions, <H2377> and used similitudes, <H1819> by the ministry <H3027> of the prophets. <H5030>
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[Is there] iniquity <H0205> [in] Gilead? <H1568> surely they are vanity: <H7723> they sacrifice <H2076> bullocks <H7794> in Gilgal; <H1537> yea, their altars <H4196> [are] as heaps <H1530> in the furrows <H8525> of the fields. <H7704>
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And Jacob <H3290> fled <H1272> into the country <H7704> of Syria, <H0758> and Israel <H3478> served <H5647> for a wife, <H0802> and for a wife <H0802> he kept <H8104> [sheep].
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And by a prophet <H5030> the LORD <H3068> brought <H5927> Israel <H3478> out of Egypt, <H4714> and by a prophet <H5030> was he preserved. <H8104>
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Ephraim <H0669> provoked [him] to anger <H3707> most bitterly: <H8563> therefore shall he leave <H5203> his blood <H1818> upon him, and his reproach <H2781> shall his Lord <H0113> return <H7725> unto him.