The Book of the Prophet Hosea

Ephraim [circles] around Me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still rules with God and is faithful with the saints.

Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind; all the day he multiplies lies and ruin. And they cut a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Jehovah also has a quarrel with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he contended with God.

even Jehovah, the God of hosts. Jehovah [is] his memorial.

For this reason, you return to your God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God continually.

[He is] a merchant; the scales of deceit [are] in his hand; he loves to oppress.

And Ephraim said, I am rich; I have found much wealth for myself. [In] all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that [is] sin.

And I [am] Jehovah, your God from the land of Egypt; yet I will make you live in tents, as in the days of appointed assembly.

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the hand of the prophets use parables.

[Is] Gilead evil? Surely they have been vanity. They sacrificed bulls in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the field.

And Jacob fled into the field of Syria, and Israel served for a wife; yea, he shepherded for a wife.

And by a prophet Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

Ephraim has provoked [Me] to anger most bitterly. And He shall leave his blood to him, and his Lord shall turn his reproach to him.