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| 1 Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify,–and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along. |
Ephraim – Christendom. D22
And oil – The holy Spirit. T116
Carried into Egypt – The world, the opponents of the people of God. C317; F458
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| 2 But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah,–so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him. |
Will punish Jacob – Natural Israel. A300
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| 3 In the womb, took he his brother by the heel; and, in his manly vigour, strove he with God: |
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| 4 Yea he strove against a Messenger, and prevailed, he wept, and made supplication unto him,–At Bethel, he found him, and, there, he spake with us; |
Prevailed – Pray perseveringly. R5381:2, 4*
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| 5 And, Yahweh, is God of host,–Yahweh, is his memorial. |
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| 6 Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return,–lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually. |
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| 7 A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth. |
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| 8 So then Ephraim said, Surely I have gotten me riches, I have found wealth for myself,–in all my toils, they cannot find in me perversity which is sin. |
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| 9 But, I, Yahweh, have been thy God, from the land of Egypt,–I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of appointed meeting. |
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| 10 And I will lay my word upon the prophets, yea, I myself, have magnified, vision,–and, by the hand of the prophets, will I use similitudes. |
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| 11 If, Gilead, is in sorrow, surely false, have they been, In Gilgal, have they sacrificed, bullocks,–their very altars, shall become as heaps upon the furrows of the field. |
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| 12 When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock. |
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| 13 And, by a prophet, Yahweh, brought up, Israel out of Egypt,–and, by a prophet, was he watched over. |
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| 14 Ephraim hath provoked, very bitterly,–his own blood, therefore, upon him, will he leave, and, his reproach, shall his Lord, bring back to him. |
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