1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; Every day he multiplieth falsehood and violence; They make a league with Assyria, And oil is carried into Egypt.

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Hosea 11:12, Hosea 11:12, Ezekiel 17:10, Hosea 8:7, Hosea 5:13

2Therefore Jehovah hath a controversy with Judah. And he will punish Jacob for his ways, And requite him according to his doings.

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Micah 6:2, Micah 6:2, Hosea 4:1, Ezekiel 23:11, Ezekiel 23:21

3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his strength he contended with God;

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Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:26, James 5:16, James 5:18, Genesis 32:24

4Yea, he contended with the angel, and prevailed; He wept, and made supplication to him. At Bethel he found him, And there he spake with us.

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Malachi 3:1, Genesis 35:15, Malachi 3:1, Genesis 35:15, Genesis 32:29

5And Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his name.

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Exodus 3:15, Exodus 3:15, Isaiah 42:8, Psalms 135:13, Isaiah 42:8

6Therefore turn thou to thy God; Observe mercy and justice, And hope in thy God always!

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Micah 6:8, Micah 6:8, Hosea 14:1, Micah 7:7, Hosea 14:1

7He is a Canaanite; in his hands are the balances of deceit; He loveth to oppress.

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Amos 8:5, Amos 8:6, Proverbs 11:1, Micah 6:10, Micah 6:11

8Yet Ephraim saith, Lo, I have become rich; I have found myself substance; In all my earnings can be found no transgression in which there is guilt.

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Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:17, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 49:6

9Yet I, Jehovah, have been thy God from the land of Egypt; I will again cause thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

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Leviticus 23:40, Leviticus 23:43, Leviticus 23:40, Leviticus 23:43, Nehemiah 8:15

10I have also spoken to the prophets, And I have given many visions, And by the prophets I have used similitudes.

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2 Kings 17:13, 2 Kings 17:13, Ezekiel 20:49, Ezekiel 20:49, Isaiah 20:2

11Behold, Gilead is full of iniquity; Surely they have become corrupt; In Gilgal they sacrifice oxen, And their altars are like the heaps in the furrows of the field.

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Hosea 6:8, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 8:11, Hosea 6:8, Hosea 4:15

12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, And Israel served for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.

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Genesis 31:41, Genesis 31:41, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 27:43

13By a prophet Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet was he preserved.

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Exodus 12:50, Exodus 12:51, Acts 3:22, Acts 3:23, Exodus 12:50

14Ephraim hath provoked his Lord most bitterly; Therefore will he leave his blood upon him, And recompense to him his reproach.

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Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 18:13, Daniel 11:18, Daniel 11:18, 2 Kings 17:7