Berean Standard Bible
- 1 Ephraim chases 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 Yahweh also brings a charge 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 Yahweh is the God of Hosts-Yahweh is His name of renown.
- 6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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.
