1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. Compare verse2 commentaries
2 The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. Compare verse1 commentary
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: Compare verse1 commentary
4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us; Compare verse3 commentaries
6 Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually. Compare verse2 commentaries
7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress. Compare verse1 commentary
8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. Compare verse1 commentary
9 And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. Compare verse1 commentary
10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. Compare verse4 commentaries
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. Compare verse2 commentaries
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Compare verse1 commentary
13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. Compare verse1 commentary
14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood on him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him. Compare verse1 commentary