A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob 1 Brenton But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things, and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of traffic into Egypt. BSB BSB: Ephraim feeds on 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 Brenton And the Lord has a controversy with Juda, in order to punish Jacob: according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him. BSB BSB: 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 Brenton He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labours he had power with God. BSB BSB: In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
4 Brenton And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and intreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there a word was spoken to them. BSB BSB: 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 Brenton But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial. BSB BSB: the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.
6 Brenton Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually. BSB BSB: But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
7 Brenton As for Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannise.BSB BSB: A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
8 Brenton And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labours shall be found available to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed. BSB BSB: 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 Brenton But I the Lord thy God brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: I will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, according to the days of the feast. BSB BSB: 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.
10 Brenton And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets I was represented. BSB BSB: I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
11 Brenton If Galaad exists not, then the chiefs in Galaad when they sacrificed were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field. BSB BSB: 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 Brenton And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife. BSB BSB: Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
13 Brenton And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserved. BSB BSB: But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Brenton Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach. BSB BSB: Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.