^{1 2} Ephraim pastures on wind, and pursues the east·​·wind; all the day he multiplies lies and devastation; and they do cut a covenant with Assyria, and oil is brought^◦ into^▵ Egypt.

^{2 3} And Jehovah has a strife with Judah, and will visit Jacob according·​·to his ways; according·​·to his actions will He return to him.

^{3 4} In the belly he supplanted his brother, and by his vigor he contended as·​·a·​·prince with^◦ God;

^{4 5} and he had contended as^* a prince with the angel, and prevailed^◦; he wept, and he asked· him ·for·​·grace: He found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us;

^{5 6} even^▵ Jehovah God of Armies; Jehovah is his remembrance.

^{6 7} And return thou^◦ to thy God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

^{7 8} Canaan^*, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.

^{8 9} And Ephraim said, Surely I am·​·rich, I have·​·found wealth^* for myself; in all my toil they shall not find iniquity in me which is sin.

^{9 10} And I^▵ Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

^{10 11} And I will speak by^◦ the prophets, and I^▵ will multiply visions, and by the hand of the prophets I will use·​·likenesses.

^{11 12} Is there iniquity^◦ in Gilead? surely they are vanity; they sacrifice oxen in Gilgal; yes^◦, their altars are as heaps upon the furrows of the fields.

^{12 13} And Jacob ran·​·away into the field of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

^{13 14} And by a prophet Jehovah brought· Israel ·up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he guarded.

^{14 15} Ephraim provoked Him to anger most·​·bitterly; and He shall abandon his bloods^* on him, and his reproach shall his Lord return to him.