A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob 1 DRA Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil 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 DRA Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices. 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 DRA In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. BSB BSB: In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
4 DRA And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us. 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 DRA Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial. BSB BSB: the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.
6 DRA Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always. BSB BSB: But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
7 DRA He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression. BSB BSB: A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
8 DRA And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have 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 DRA And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in 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 DRA And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets. BSB BSB: I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
11 DRA If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows 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 DRA Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper 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 DRA But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet. BSB BSB: But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 DRA Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him. BSB BSB: Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.