1 Ephraim se apacienta del viento, y sigue al solano: mentira y destrucción aumenta continuamente; porque hicieron alianza con los Asirios, y aceite se lleva á Egipto.

2 Pleito tiene Jehová con Judá para visitar á Jacob conforme á sus caminos: pagarále conforme á sus obras.

3 En el vientre tomó por el calcañar á su hermano, y con su fortaleza venció al ángel.

4 Venció al ángel, y prevaleció; lloró, y rogóle: en Beth-el le halló, y allí habló con nosotros.

5 Mas Jehová es Dios de los ejércitos: Jehová es su memorial.

6 Tú pues, conviértete á tu Dios: guarda misericordia y juicio, y en tu Dios espera siempre.

7 Es mercader que tiene en su mano peso falso, amador de opresión.

8 Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.

9 Empero yo soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto: aun te haré morar en tiendas, como en los días de la fiesta.

10 Y hablado he á los profetas, y yo aumenté la profecía, y por mano de los profetas puse semejanzas.

11 ¿Es Galaad iniquidad? Ciertamente vanidad han sido; en Gilgal sacrificaron bueyes: y aún son sus altares como montones en los surcos del campo.

12 Mas Jacob huyó á tierra de Aram, y sirvió Israel por mujer, y por mujer fué pastor.

13 Y por profeta hizo subir Jehová á Israel de Egipto, y por profeta fué guardado.

14 Enojado ha Ephraim á Dios con amarguras; por tanto, sus sangres se derramarán sobre él, y su Señor le pagará su oprobio.

1 \11:12\The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...

2 \12:1\Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.

3 \12:2\The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

4 \12:3\In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

5 \12:4\He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

6 \12:5\Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

7 \12:6\So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

8 \12:7\As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

9 \12:8\And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

10 \12:9\But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

11 \12:10\My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

12 \12:11\In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.

13 \12:12\And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

14 \12:13\And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

15 \12:14\I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.