1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2Yahuah (LORD) has also a controversy with Yahudah (Judah), and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with Elohim (God):
4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
5Even Yahuah Elohim (the LORD God) of hosts; Yahuah (LORD) is his memorial.
6Therefore turn you to your Elohim (God): keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your Elohim (God) continually.
7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
9And I that am Yahuah Elohayka (the LORD thy God) from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Yashar'el (Israel) served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13And by a prophet Yahuah (LORD) brought Yashar'el (Israel) out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.