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. | | C | TOSK |
2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. | C | TOSK |
3 In the womb he grasped his brother's heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God. | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | C | TOSK | TT¹ | TT² |
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— | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | IP⁴ | C | TOSK | TT |
5 the LORD is the God of Hosts—the LORD is His name of renown. | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | C | TOSK | TT |
6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God. | C | TOSK |
7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. | C | TOSK |
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.” | C | TOSK |
9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. | C | TOSK |
10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets. | C | TOSK |
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. | C | TOSK |
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep. | C | TOSK |
13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. | C | TOSK |
14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt. | C | TOSK |