12:1 But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has
chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things,
and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of
traffic into Egypt.
12:2 And the Lord [has] a controversy with Juda, in order to punish Jacob:
according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him.
12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labours he had
power with God.
12:4 And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and
intreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there [a word] was
spoken to them.
12:5 But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial.
12:6 Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment,
and draw nigh to thy God continually.
12:7 [As for] Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has
loved to tyrannize.
12:8 And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to
myself. None of his labours shall be found [available] to him, by reason of
the sins which he has committed.
12:9 But I the Lord thy God brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: I will
yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, according to the days of the feast.
12:10 And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and
by the means of the prophets I was represented.
12:11 If Galaad exists not, then the chiefs in Galaad when they sacrificed
were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field.
12:12 And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a
wife, and waited for a wife.
12:13 And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and
by a prophet was he preserve.
12:14 Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out
upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach. |
12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth
after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do
make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob
according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had
power with God:
12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy
God continually.
12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to
oppress.
12:8 And 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.
12:9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make
thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and
used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
12:11 Is 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.
12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a
wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a
prophet was he preserved.
12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave
his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him. |