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1. What Israel does is as useless as chasing the wind; he chases the east wind all day. They tell more and more lies and do more and more violence. They make agreements with Assyria, and they send a gift of olive oil to Egypt.
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1. Ephraim H669 feedeth H7462 on wind H7307 , and followeth after H7291 the east wind H6921 : he daily H3605 H3117 increaseth H7235 lies H3577 and desolation H7701 ; and they do make H3772 a covenant H1285 with H5973 the Assyrians H804 , and oil H8081 is carried H2986 into Egypt H4714 .
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2. The Lord also has some things against Judah. He will punish Israel for what they have done; he will give them what they deserve.
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2. The LORD H3068 hath also a controversy H7379 with H5973 Judah H3063 , and will punish H6485 H5921 Jacob H3290 according to his ways H1870 ; according to his doings H4611 will he recompense H7725 him.
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3. Their ancestor Jacob held on to his brother's heel while the two of them were being born. When he grew to be a man, he wrestled with God.
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3. He took his brother by the heel H6117 H853 H251 in the womb H990 , and by his strength H202 he had power H8280 with H854 God H430 :
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4. When Jacob wrestled with the angel and won, he cried and asked for his blessing. Later, God met with him at Bethel and spoke with him there.
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4. Yea , he had power H8280 over H413 the angel H4397 , and prevailed H3201 : he wept H1058 , and made supplication H2603 unto him : he found H4672 him in Bethel H1008 , and there H8033 he spoke H1696 with H5973 us;
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5. It was the Lord God All-Powerful; the Lord is his great name.
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5. Even the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 ; the LORD H3068 is his memorial H2143 .
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6. You must return to your God; love him, do what is just, and always trust in him as your God.
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6. Therefore turn H7725 thou H859 to thy God H430 : keep H8104 mercy H2617 and judgment H4941 , and wait H6960 on H413 thy God H430 continually H8548 .
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7. The merchants use dishonest scales; they like to cheat people.
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7. He is a merchant H3667 , the balances H3976 of deceit H4820 are in his hand H3027 : he loveth H157 to oppress H6231 .
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8. Israel said, "I am rich! I am someone with power!" All their money will do them no good because of the sins they have done.
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8. And Ephraim H669 said H559 , Yet H389 I am become rich H6238 , I have found me out H4672 substance H202 : in all H3605 my labors H3018 they shall find H4672 none H3808 iniquity H5771 in me that H834 were sin H2399 .
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9. "But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again as you used to do on worship days.
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9. And I H595 that am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 from the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 will yet H5750 make thee to dwell H3427 in tabernacles H168 , as in the days H3117 of the solemn feast H4150 .
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10. I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions; through them, I taught my lessons to you."
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10. I have also spoken H1696 by H5921 the prophets H5030 , and I H595 have multiplied H7235 visions H2377 , and used similitudes H1819 , by the ministry H3027 of the prophets H5030 .
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11. The people of Gilead are evil, worth nothing. Though people sacrifice bulls at Gilgal, their altars will become like piles of stone in a plowed field.
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11. Is there iniquity H205 in Gilead H1568 ? surely H389 they are H1961 vanity H7723 : they sacrifice H2076 bullocks H7794 in Gilgal H1537 ; yea H1571 , their altars H4196 are as heaps H1530 in H5921 the furrows H8525 of the fields H7704 .
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12. Your ancestor Jacob fled to Northwest Mesopotamia where he worked to get a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
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12. And Jacob H3290 fled H1272 into the country H7704 of Syria H758 , and Israel H3478 served H5647 for a wife H802 , and for a wife H802 he kept H8104 sheep .
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13. Later the Lord used a prophet to bring Jacob's descendants out of Egypt; he used a prophet to take care of the Israelites.
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13. And by a prophet H5030 the LORD H3068 brought H5927 H853 Israel H3478 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and by a prophet H5030 was he preserved H8104 .
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14. But the Israelites made the Lord angry when they killed other people, and they deserve to die for their crimes. for the disgraceful things they have done.
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14. Ephraim H669 provoked him to anger H3707 most bitterly H8563 : therefore shall he leave H5203 his blood H1818 upon H5921 him , and his reproach H2781 shall his Lord H113 return H7725 unto him.
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