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¹ Ephraim feeds on the wind
    and pursues ^(a)the east wind all day long;
they multiply ^(b)falsehood and violence;
    ^(c)they make a covenant with Assyria,
    and ^(d)oil is carried to Egypt.

^2 (e)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
    and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
    he will repay him according to his deeds.
^3 (f)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
    and in his manhood he strove with God.
⁴ He strove with the angel and prevailed;
    he wept and sought his favor.
^(g)He met God^[a] at Bethel,
    and there God spoke with us—
⁵ the Lord, the God of hosts,
    ^(h)the Lord is his memorial name:
⁶ "So you, ⁽ⁱ⁾by the help of your God, return,
    ^(j)hold fast to love and justice,
    and wait continually for your God."

⁷ A merchant, in whose hands are ^(k)false balances,
    he loves ^(l)to oppress.
⁸ Ephraim has said, "Ah, but ^(m)I am rich;
    I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors ⁽ⁿ⁾they cannot find in me iniquity or sin."
^9 (o)I am the Lord your God
    from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you ^(p)dwell in tents,
    as in the days of the appointed feast.

^10 (q)I spoke to the prophets;
    it was I who multiplied ^(r)visions,
    and through the prophets gave parables.
^11 (s)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
    they shall surely come to nothing:
^(t)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
    ^(u)their altars also are like stone heaps
    ^(v)on the furrows of the field.
^12 (w)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
    there Israel ^(x)served for a wife,
    and for a wife he guarded sheep.
¹³ By ^(y)a prophet ^(z)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
    and by a prophet he was guarded.
^14 (aa)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
    so his Lord ^(ab)will leave his bloodguilt on him
    ^(ac)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.