A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob
Ephraim 1chases the wind Hos 11:12Ezk 17:10Hos 5:13Hos 8:7Jer 22:222Ki 15:192Ki 17:4-6Isa 30:6-7
and pursues the east wind all day long;
he multiplies lies and violence;
he makes a covenant with Assyria
and sends olive oil to Egypt.
The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. Mic 6:2Hos 4:1Isa 10:6Hos 2:13Hos 8:13Isa 10:12Isa 3:11Isa 8:7-8
He will punish Jacob 2according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, Gen 25:26Gen 32:24-28Jas 5:16-18Rom 9:11
and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
Yes, he struggled with the angel 3and prevailed; Gen 35:151Th 4:17Mal 3:1Act 7:30-35Exo 3:2-5Gen 32:29Gen 35:9-10Gen 48:15
he wept and sought His favor;
he found Him at Bethel
and spoke with Him there 4—
the LORD is the God of Hosts— Exo 3:15Isa 42:8Psa 135:13Gen 28:16Gen 32:30
the LORD is His name of renown.
But you must return to your God, Mic 6:8Hos 14:1Lam 3:25-26Mic 7:7Act 2:38Hos 6:1-3Jas 2:13Zec 7:9
maintaining love and justice,
and always waiting on your God.
A merchant loves to defraud Amo 8:5-6Mic 6:10-11Pro 11:11Sa 12:31Ti 6:9-10Amo 2:7Amo 3:9Amo 4:1
with dishonest scales in his hands.
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! Rev 3:17Psa 62:101Ti 6:5Deu 8:17Isa 10:13-14Job 31:24-25Pro 30:12Pro 30:20
I have found wealth for myself.
In all my labors, they can find in me
no iniquity that is sinful.”
But I am the LORD your God Hos 13:4Lev 23:40-432Sa 7:2Neh 8:15-17Psa 81:10Zec 14:16-19Exo 20:2Ezr 3:4
ever since the land of Egypt.
I will again make you dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.
I spoke through the prophets 2Ki 17:13Ezk 20:49Isa 20:2-5Jer 19:1Jer 7:25Jol 2:281Ki 13:11Ki 14:7-16
and multiplied their visions;
I gave parables through the prophets.
Is there iniquity in Gilead? Hos 4:15Hos 6:8Hos 8:11Hos 9:15Hos 10:11Ki 17:12Ki 17:9-11Amo 4:4
They will surely come to nothing.
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?
Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones
in the furrows of the field.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram 5 Gen 29:18-28Gen 31:41Gen 27:43Gen 28:1-22Deu 26:5Gen 32:27-28
and Israel worked for a wife—
for a wife he tended sheep.
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, Act 3:22-23Exo 12:50-51Psa 77:20Act 7:35-37Isa 63:11-14Exo 13:3Amo 2:11-12Mic 6:4
and by a prophet he was preserved.
Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, Ezk 18:13Dan 11:182Ki 17:7-181Ki 2:33-341Sa 2:302Sa 1:16Deu 28:37Ezk 23:2-10
so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him
and repay him for his contempt.