1 “Ephraim Job 15:2, 3; Hos. 8:7 feeds on the wind, And pursues the east wind; He daily increases lies and desolation. 2 Kin. 17:4; Hos. 8:9 Also they make a covenant with the Assyrians, And Is. 30:6 oil is carried to Egypt.
2 “The Hos. 4:1; Mic. 6:2 Lord also brings a charge against Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds He will recompense him.
3 He took his brother Gen. 25:26 by the heel in the womb, And in his strength he Gen. 32:24–28 struggled with God.
4 Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed; He wept, and sought favor from Him. He found Him in (Gen. 28:12–19; 35:9–15) Bethel, And there He spoke to us—
5 That is, the Lord God of hosts. The Lord is His Ex. 3:15 memorable name.
6 Hos. 14:1; Mic. 6:8 So you, by the help of your God, return; Observe mercy and justice, And wait on your God continually.
7 “A cunning Canaanite! Prov. 11:1; Amos 8:5; Mic. 6:11 Deceitful scales are in his hand; He loves to oppress.
8 And Ephraim said, Ps. 62:10; Hos. 13:6; Rev. 3:17 ‘Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’
9 “But I am the Lord your God, Ever since the land of Egypt; Lev. 23:42 I will again make you dwell in tents, As in the days of the appointed feast.
10 2 Kin. 17:13; Jer. 7:25 I have also spoken by the prophets, And have multiplied visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets.”
11 Though Hos. 6:8 Gilead has idols— Surely they are vanity— Though they sacrifice bulls in Hos. 9:15 Gilgal, Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.
12 Jacob Gen. 28:5; Deut. 26:5 fled to the country of Syria; Gen. 29:20, 28 Israel served for a spouse, And for a wife he tended sheep.
13 Ex. 12:50, 51; 13:3; Ps. 77:20; Is. 63:11, 12; Mic. 6:4 By a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet he was preserved.
14 Ephraim Ezek. 18:10–13 provoked Him to anger most bitterly; Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him, Dan. 11:18; Mic. 6:16 And return his reproach upon him.