| 1 | Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty 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; as a man he struggled with God. | |
| 4 | He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there-- | |
| 5 | the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is his name of renown! | |
| 6 | But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always. | |
| 7 | The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud. | |
| 8 | Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin." | |
| 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 appointed feasts. | |
| 10 | I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them." | |
| 11 | Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field. | |
| 12 | Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep. | |
| 13 | The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him. | |
| 14 | But Ephraim has bitterly provoked him to anger; his Lord will leave upon him the guilt of his bloodshed and will repay him for his contempt. | |