1 GLT Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day. He multiplies lies and violence. They make a covenant with Assyria and olive oil is carried 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 GLT Yahweh also has a dispute with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to 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 GLT In the womb he took 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 GLT He struggled with the angel and prevailed. He wept and begged for his favor. He found him at 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 GLT Yahweh, the God of hosts; Yahweh is his memorial name. BSB BSB: the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.
6 GLT But you must return to your God. Keep covenantal love 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 GLT A merchant has false scales in his hands; he loves to oppress. BSB BSB: A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
8 GLT Ephraim said,“Surely I have become rich; I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they will not find iniquity in me, which 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 GLT “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 GLT I spoke to the prophets, and I multiplied visions. 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 GLT If there is iniquity in Gilead, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also will be like heaps of stone beside 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 GLT Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel worked for a wife; and for a wife, he kept sheep. BSB BSB: Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
13 GLT Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet he was kept. BSB BSB: But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
14 GLT Ephraim has bitterly provoked to anger. So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will turn back his reproach to him. BSB BSB: Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.