¹ Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt. ² The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. ³ In the womb he grasped his brother`s heel; as a man he struggled with God. ⁴ He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there— ⁵ the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his name! ⁶ But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always. ⁷ The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud. ⁸ Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”