Hosea

Ephraim [circles] around Me with lying, 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. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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

Yes, he wept and cried to Him, and he had power over the Angel and overcame. He found him [in] Bethel, and there He spoke with us,

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

Therefore turn to your God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God forever.

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

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

And I the LORD, who have been your God from the land of Egypt, will yet make you to dwell in tents as in the days of the appointed feast.

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

[Is there] iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are vanity; they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal. Yes, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.

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

Ephraim provoked [Me] to anger most bitterly; therefore he shall leave his blood on him, and his Lord shall turn his reproach to him.