He Xia Shu_Chapter 12

Ephraim eats the wind and chases after the east wind. Frequently adding lies and rape. Make a treaty with Assyria to send oil to Egypt.

The Lord will argue with Judah and punish him according to his actions, and repay him according to his deeds.

He grabbed his brother’s heel in his belly and fought against God in his prime.

Struggling with angels and winning, weeping and pleading, I met the Lord in Bethel. The Lord, the God of hosts, prophesied to us Israelites there, and the Lord is his name to remember.

Therefore, return to your God, observe love and justice, and wait for your God always.

Ephraim is a merchant with deceitful scales in his hand, who loves to deceive.

Ephraim said, Indeed, I have become rich and have gained treasure. What I have toiled for will not be seen as unrighteousness, but will be counted as sin.

Since your departure from the land of Egypt, I have been the Lord your God, and I will make you dwell in tents again, as in the day of a great assembly.

I have spoken to all the prophets and added a revelation, setting up metaphors through them.

Is there no sin among the Gilead people? They are completely false. People offer calves as sacrifices in Gilgal, and their altars are like piles of dirt in the furrows of the field.

Once upon a time, Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel served and grazed sheep to obtain a wife.

The Lord brought Israel up from Egypt through prophets, and Israel was preserved through prophets.

Ephraim has greatly provoked the Lord to anger, so the guilt of his bloodshed will be on him, and the Lord will return to him the shame he has suffered because of Ephraim.