48 lines
1.6 KiB
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48 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 12
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1 Ephraim chases the wind
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and pursues the east wind.
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He continually multiplies lies and violence.
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He makes a covenant with Assyria,
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and olive oil is carried to Egypt.
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2 The Lord also has a dispute with Judah.
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He is about to punish Jacob according to his conduct;
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he will repay him based on his actions.
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3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
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and as an adult he wrestled with God.
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4 Jacob struggled with the angel and prevailed;
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he wept and sought his favor.
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He found him at Bethel,
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and there he spoke with him.
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5 The Lord is the God of Armies;
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the Lord is his name.
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6 But you must return to your God.
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Maintain love and justice,
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and always put your hope in God.
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7 A merchant loves to extort
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with dishonest scales in his hands.
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8 But Ephraim thinks,
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“How rich I have become;
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I made it all myself.
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In all my earnings,
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no one can find any iniquity in me
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that I can be punished for!”
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9 I have been the Lord your God
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ever since the land of Egypt.
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I will make you live in tents again,
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as in the festival days.
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10 I will speak through the prophets
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and grant many visions;
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I will give parables through the prophets.
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11 Since Gilead is full of evil,
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they will certainly come to nothing.
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They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;
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even their altars will be like piles of rocks
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on the furrows of a field.
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12 Jacob fled to the territory of Aram.
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Israel worked to earn a wife;
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he tended flocks for a wife.
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13 The Lord brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet,
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and Israel was tended by a prophet.
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14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,
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so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him
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and repay him for his contempt. |