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1. Ephraim's food is the wind, he goes after the east wind all day long. He tells many lies and does much in his anger. He makes an agreement with Assyria and takes oil to Egypt.
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1. Ephraim H669 feedeth H7462 on wind H7307 , and followeth after H7291 the east wind H6921 : he daily H3605 H3117 increaseth H7235 lies H3577 and desolation H7701 ; and they do make H3772 a covenant H1285 with H5973 the Assyrians H804 , and oil H8081 is carried H2986 into Egypt H4714 .
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2. The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will punish Jacob for his ways. He will make him pay for what he has done.
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2. The LORD H3068 hath also a controversy H7379 with H5973 Judah H3063 , and will punish H6485 H5921 Jacob H3290 according to his ways H1870 ; according to his doings H4611 will he recompense H7725 him.
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3. Before he was born he took his brother by the heel. And when he was grown he fought with God.
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3. He took his brother by the heel H6117 H853 H251 in the womb H990 , and by his strength H202 he had power H8280 with H854 God H430 :
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4. He fought with the angel and won. He cried and begged for His favor. He met God at Bethel, and God spoke with him there.
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4. Yea , he had power H8280 over H413 the angel H4397 , and prevailed H3201 : he wept H1058 , and made supplication H2603 unto him : he found H4672 him in Bethel H1008 , and there H8033 he spoke H1696 with H5973 us;
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5. This was the Lord, the God of All. The Lord is His name.
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5. Even the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 ; the LORD H3068 is his memorial H2143 .
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6. So return to your God. Show kindness and do what is fair, and wait for your God all the time.
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6. Therefore turn H7725 thou H859 to thy God H430 : keep H8104 mercy H2617 and judgment H4941 , and wait H6960 on H413 thy God H430 continually H8548 .
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7. One who buys and sells and who lies about the weight of things loves to make it hard for others.
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7. He is a merchant H3667 , the balances H3976 of deceit H4820 are in his hand H3027 : he loveth H157 to oppress H6231 .
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8. Ephraim has said, "I have become rich. I have found riches for myself. With all my riches they will not find any sin in me."
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8. And Ephraim H669 said H559 , Yet H389 I am become rich H6238 , I have found me out H4672 substance H202 : in all H3605 my labors H3018 they shall find H4672 none H3808 iniquity H5771 in me that H834 were sin H2399 .
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9. "I am the Lord your God Who brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your special suppers.
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9. And I H595 that am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 from the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 will yet H5750 make thee to dwell H3427 in tabernacles H168 , as in the days H3117 of the solemn feast H4150 .
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10. I have spoken to the men who speak for Me. I have given many special dreams. And I gave picture-stories through the men who speak for Me."
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10. I have also spoken H1696 by H5921 the prophets H5030 , and I H595 have multiplied H7235 visions H2377 , and used similitudes H1819 , by the ministry H3027 of the prophets H5030 .
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11. Is there sin in Gilead? For sure its people are of no worth. In Gilgal they kill bulls in worship. Their altars are like the many stones laid beside a plowed field.
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11. Is there iniquity H205 in Gilead H1568 ? surely H389 they are H1961 vanity H7723 : they sacrifice H2076 bullocks H7794 in Gilgal H1537 ; yea H1571 , their altars H4196 are as heaps H1530 in H5921 the furrows H8525 of the fields H7704 .
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12. Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. There he worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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12. And Jacob H3290 fled H1272 into the country H7704 of Syria H758 , and Israel H3478 served H5647 for a wife H802 , and for a wife H802 he kept H8104 sheep .
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13. By a man who spoke for Him, the Lord brought Israel from Egypt. And by a man who spoke for Him, the Lord cared for him.
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13. And by a prophet H5030 the LORD H3068 brought H5927 H853 Israel H3478 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and by a prophet H5030 was he preserved H8104 .
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14. But Ephraim has made the Lord very angry. So the Lord will leave on him the guilt of his blood, and make his shame return to him.
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14. Ephraim H669 provoked him to anger H3707 most bitterly H8563 : therefore shall he leave H5203 his blood H1818 upon H5921 him , and his reproach H2781 shall his Lord H113 return H7725 unto him.
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