1 - Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
2 - And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
3 - In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
4 - Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh <FI>by<Fi> weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,
5 - Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His memorial.
6 - And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
7 - Canaan! in his hand <FI>are<Fi> balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
8 - And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours--they find not against me iniquity that <FI>is<Fi> sin.'
9 - And I--Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
10 - And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
11 - Surely Gilead <FI>is<Fi> iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars <FI>are<Fi> as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
12 - And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
13 - And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.
14 - Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!
