1Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he continually multiplies lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. 2Yehovah has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings he will recompense him. 3In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God: 4yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spoke with us, 5even Yehovah, the God of hosts; Yehovah is his memorial name. 6Therefore turn to your God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for your God continually. 7He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress. 8And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that would be sin. 9But I am Yehovah your God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. 10I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used similitudes. 11Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field. 12And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. 13And by a prophet Yehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved. 14Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore his blood shall be left upon him, and his Lord shall return his reproach to him.