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Efrayim feeds upon ruach and pursues the east wind. All day he multiplies falsehood and violence. And they cut a covenant with Ashshur, and oil is carried to Mitzrayim.
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And Yahuah has a controversy with Yehudah, and He will visit upon Yaaqov according to his ways. According to his deeds He will return to him.
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In the womb he seized his brother by the heel, and in his strength he contended with Elohim.
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And he contended with the messenger and prevailed. He wept and sought favor from him. At Beit-El he found Him, and there He spoke with us—
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Yahuah, Elohim of Hosts; Yahuah is His memorial Name.
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And you, by your Elohim return. Guard Covenant-Faithfulness and Judgment, and wait upon your Elohim continually.
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Kena’an holds deceitful scales in his hand. He loves to oppress.
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And Efrayim said: “Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labor they shall find in me no crookedness that is sin.”
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But I am Yahuah your Elohim from the land of Mitzrayim. Again I will cause you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed time.
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And I spoke through the prophets, and I multiplied visions, and by the hand of the prophets I gave likenesses.
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If Gilad is crookedness, surely they shall become nothing. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Yes, their altars shall become like heaps of stones upon the furrows of the field.
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And Yaaqov fled to the field of Aram, and Yisra’el served for an ishah, and for an ishah he guarded.
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And by a prophet Yahuah brought Yisra’el up from Mitzrayim, and by a prophet he was guarded.
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Efrayim provoked Him to bitter anger. Therefore his bloodguilt He shall leave upon him, and his reproach his Master shall return to him.