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| 1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. |
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 Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. |
Will punish Jacob – Natural Israel. A300
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| 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God. |
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| 4 Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us, |
Prevailed – Pray perseveringly. R5381:2, 4*
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| 5 --even Jehovah, the God of hosts, --Jehovah is his memorial. |
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| 6 And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. |
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| 7 He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress. |
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| 8 And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. |
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| 9 But I that am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. |
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| 10 And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes. |
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| 11 If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. |
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| 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep2. |
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| 13 And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. |
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| 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach. |
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