1 The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind
2 The Lord brings charges against Judah and punishes Jacob
3 Their ancestor Jacob held on to his brother’s heel
4 He struggled with the Messenger and won.
5 The Lord is the God of Armies.
6 Return to your God.
7 ⌞The \+nd Lord\+nd* says,⌟ “The merchants use dishonest scales.
8 The people of Ephraim say, ‘We’re rich. We’ve made a fortune.
9 I am the Lord your God.
10 I spoke to the prophets and gave them many visions.
11 The people of Gilead are evil.
12 Jacob fled to the country of Syria.
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt.
14 The people of Ephraim made the Lord bitter.