A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob 1 UEB Ephraim feeds on the wind and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. They make a covenant with Assyria and carry olive oil to 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 UEB Yahweh also has a lawsuit against Judah and will punish Jacob for what he has done; he will repay him for his deeds. 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 UEB In the womb Jacob grasped his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he struggled with God. BSB BSB: In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
4 UEB He struggled with the angel and won. He wept and begged for his favor. He met God at Bethel; there God spoke with him. 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 UEB This is Yahweh, the God of hosts; "Yahweh" is his name to be called on. BSB BSB: the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.
6 UEB So turn to your God. Keep covenantal faithfulness and justice, and wait continually for your God. BSB BSB: But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
7 UEB The merchants have false scales in their hands; they love to defraud. BSB BSB: A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
8 UEB Ephraim said, "I have certainly become very rich; I have found wealth for myself. In all my work they will not find any iniquity in me, anything that would be sin." 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 UEB "I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will again make you live in tents, as in the days of the appointed festival. 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 UEB I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions for you. By the hand of the prophets I gave parables." BSB BSB: I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
11 UEB If there is wickedness in Gilead, surely the people are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars will be like heaps of stone in the furrows of the fields. 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 UEB Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked in order to get a wife; and he kept flocks of sheep to get a wife. BSB BSB: Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
13 UEB Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet he took care of them. BSB BSB: But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 UEB Ephraim has bitterly angered Yahweh. So his Lord will leave his blood on him and will turn back on him his disgrace. BSB BSB: Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.