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1. A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob

2. 1ENGLEE(12:2) Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.BSBBSB: 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.
3. 2ENGLEE(12:3) But with Judah also hath the Lord to hold a controversy; and to punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will he recompense him.BSBBSB: The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
4. 3ENGLEE(12:4) In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his strength he strove with an angel.BSBBSB: In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
5. 4ENGLEE(12:5) Yea, he strove with an angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: in Beth-el he should find him, and there he will speak with us.BSBBSB: Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
6. 5ENGLEE(12:6) And the Lord God of hosts, the Eternal One is his memorial.BSBBSB: the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.
7. 6ENGLEE(12:7) Therefore do thou return to thy God: keep goodness and justice, and wait on thy God continually.BSBBSB: But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
8. 7ENGLEE(12:8) But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,BSBBSB: A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
9. 8ENGLEE(12:9) Did Ephraim say, I am certainly become rich, I have acquired substance unto myself: it is all through my labors; they will find no iniquity in me, that could be sin.BSBBSB: 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.”
10. 9ENGLEE(12:10) And I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of antiquity.BSBBSB: 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.
11. 10ENGLEE(12:11) And I have spoken through the prophets, and I myself have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets have I spoken in similitudes.BSBBSB: I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
12. 11ENGLEE(12:12) If in Gil'ad there was misfortune, it is because there was naught but idolatry; in Gilgal they sacrificed bullocks to idols: their altars also are as stone-heaps on the furrows of the fields.BSBBSB: 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.
13. 12ENGLEE(12:13) And Jacob fled into the fields of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept the flocks.BSBBSB: Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
14. 13ENGLEE(12:14) And by a prophet did the Lord bring Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he guarded.BSBBSB: But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
15. 14ENGLEE(12:15) Yet Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore will his Lord cast his blood-guiltiness upon him, and his reproach will he recompense unto him.BSBBSB: Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.