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1Ephrayim compasseth Me about with kachash (lies),and Bais Yisroel with mirmar (deceit);but Yehudah still is unruly against El,and against Kadoshim (Holy One); Who is ne'eman.2Ephrayim feedeth on wind, and chasing after the east wind;he daily increaseth kazav (lies) and sod (desolation);and cuts brit with the Assyrians,and shemen is sent to Mitzrayim.3Hashem hath also a charge against Yehudah,and will visit punishment on Ya'akov according to his ways;according to his doings will He repay him.4In the beten (womb) he (Ya'akov) akav (took at the heel) [of] his brotherand by his strength he sarah (struggled with, persevered) with Elohim;5Yea, he (Yisroel) sarah (had power over) the malach, and prevailed;he wept, and made techinnah unto Him;He found him at Beit-El,and there He spoke with us;6Even Hashem Elohei Tzva'os;Hashem is His [memorial] Name!7Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha;be shomer over chesed and mishpatand wait on Eloheicha tamid (continually).8A kena'an (merchant), in whose hand are the scales of mirmar (deceit)He loveth to oppress.9And Ephrayim boasts: Yet I am become an oisher,I have found me out wealth;in all my gain they shall find none avon (iniquity, offense)in me that would be chet (sin).10And I that am Hashem Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayimwill yet make thee to dwell in oholim,as in the yamei mo'ed.11I have also spoken to the nevi'im,and I have multiplied chazon (vision, revelation, prophecy),and spoken parables by the nevi'im.12Is there aven (iniquity) in Gil'ad?Surely they are vanity;they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal;yea, their mizbechot are as piles of stonesin the furrows of the fields.13And Ya'akov fled into the country of Aram,and Yisroel served for an isha,and for an isha he was shomer [over sheep].14And by a navi Hashem brought Yisroel out of Mitzrayim,and shomer a navi was.15Ephrayim has provoked bitter anger;therefore shall He leave his blood-guiltiness upon him,and his scorn shall Adonoi of him return and repay unto him.