<vn='1'><sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="7462">feedeth</s> on <sn="7307">wind</s>, and followeth <sn="7291">after</s> the east <sn="6921">wind</s>: he <sn="3605 3117">daily</s><sn="7235">increaseth</s><sn="3577">lies</s> and <sn="7701">desolation</s>; and they do <sn="3772">make</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="804">Assyrians</s>, and <sn="8081">oil</s> is <sn="2986">carried</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath also a <sn="7379">controversy</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, and will <sn="6485 5921">punish</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> according to his <sn="1870">ways</s>; according to his <sn="4611">doings</s> will he <sn="7725">recompense</s> him. </v>
<vn='3'>He took his brother by the <sn="6117 *853 251">heel</s> in the <sn="990">womb</s>, and by his <sn="202">strength</s> he had <sn="8280">power</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="430">God</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>Yea, he had <sn="8280">power</s><sn="413">over</s> the <sn="4397">angel</s>, and <sn="3201">prevailed</s>: he <sn="1058">wept</s>, and made <sn="2603">supplication</s> unto him: he <sn="4672">found</s> him in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5973">with</s> us; </v>
<vn='5'>Even the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is his <sn="2143">memorial</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Therefore <sn="7725">turn</s><sn="859">thou</s> to thy <sn="430">God</s>: <sn="8104">keep</s><sn="2617">mercy</s> and <sn="4941">judgment</s>, and <sn="6960">wait</s><sn="413">on</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="8548">continually</s>. </v>
<vn='7'> He is a <sn="3667">merchant</s>, the <sn="3976">balances</s> of <sn="4820">deceit</s> are in his <sn="3027">hand</s>: he <sn="157">loveth</s> to <sn="6231">oppress</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="389">Yet</s> I am become <sn="6238">rich</s>, I have found me <sn="4672">out</s><sn="202">substance</s>: in <sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="3018">labors</s> they shall <sn="4672">find</s><sn="3808">none</s><sn="5771">iniquity</s> in me <sn="834">that</s> were <sn="2399">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="595">I</s> that am the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> from the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> will <sn="5750">yet</s> make thee to <sn="3427">dwell</s> in <sn="168">tabernacles</s>, as in the <sn="3117">days</s> of the solemn <sn="4150">feast</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>I have also <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and <sn="595">I</s> have <sn="7235">multiplied</s><sn="2377">visions</s>, and used <sn="1819">similitudes</s>, by the <sn="3027">ministry</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s>. </v>
<vn='11'> Is there <sn="205">iniquity</s> in <sn="1568">Gilead</s>? <sn="389">surely</s> they <sn="1961">are</s><sn="7723">vanity</s>: they <sn="2076">sacrifice</s><sn="7794">bullocks</s> in <sn="1537">Gilgal</s>; <sn="1571">yea</s>, their <sn="4196">altars</s> are as <sn="1530">heaps</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="8525">furrows</s> of the <sn="7704">fields</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="1272">fled</s> into the <sn="7704">country</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>, and <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5647">served</s> for a <sn="802">wife</s>, and for a <sn="802">wife</s> he <sn="8104">kept</s> sheep. </v>
<vn='13'>And by a <sn="5030">prophet</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5927">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, and by a <sn="5030">prophet</s> was he <sn="8104">preserved</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="669">Ephraim</s> provoked him to <sn="3707">anger</s> most <sn="8563">bitterly</s>: therefore shall he <sn="5203">leave</s> his <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and his <sn="2781">reproach</s> shall his <sn="113">Lord</s><sn="7725">return</s> unto him. </v>