King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Ephraim[H669] feedeth[H7462] on wind,[H7307] and followeth after[H7291] the east wind:[H6921] he daily[H3605] [H3117] increaseth[H7235] lies[H3577] and desolation;[H7701] and they do make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with[H5973] the Assyrians,[H804] and oil[H8081] is carried[H2986] into Egypt.[H4714]

2. The LORD[H3068] hath also a controversy[H7379] with[H5973] Judah,[H3063] and will punish[H6485] [H5921] Jacob[H3290] according to his ways;[H1870] according to his doings[H4611] will he recompense[H7725] him.

3. He took his brother by the heel[H6117] [H853] [H251] in the womb,[H990] and by his strength[H202] he had power[H8280] with[H854] God: [H430]

4. Yea, he had power[H8280] over[H413] the angel,[H4397] and prevailed:[H3201] he wept,[H1058] and made supplication[H2603] unto him: he found[H4672] him in Bethel,[H1008] and there[H8033] he spoke[H1696] with[H5973] us;

5. Even the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of hosts;[H6635] the LORD[H3068] is his memorial.[H2143]

6. Therefore turn[H7725] thou[H859] to thy God:[H430] keep[H8104] mercy[H2617] and judgment,[H4941] and wait[H6960] on[H413] thy God[H430] continually.[H8548]

7. He is a merchant,[H3667] the balances[H3976] of deceit[H4820] are in his hand:[H3027] he loveth[H157] to oppress.[H6231]

8. And Ephraim[H669] said,[H559] Yet[H389] I am become rich,[H6238] I have found me out[H4672] substance:[H202] in all[H3605] my labors[H3018] they shall find[H4672] none[H3808] iniquity[H5771] in me that[H834] were sin.[H2399]

9. And I[H595] that am the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] from the land[H4480] [H776] of Egypt[H4714] will yet[H5750] make thee to dwell[H3427] in tabernacles,[H168] as in the days[H3117] of the solemn feast.[H4150]

10. I have also spoken[H1696] by[H5921] the prophets,[H5030] and I[H595] have multiplied[H7235] visions,[H2377] and used similitudes,[H1819] by the ministry[H3027] of the prophets.[H5030]

11. Is there iniquity[H205] in Gilead?[H1568] surely[H389] they are[H1961] vanity:[H7723] they sacrifice[H2076] bullocks[H7794] in Gilgal;[H1537] yea,[H1571] their altars[H4196] are as heaps[H1530] in[H5921] the furrows[H8525] of the fields.[H7704]

12. And Jacob[H3290] fled[H1272] into the country[H7704] of Syria,[H758] and Israel[H3478] served[H5647] for a wife,[H802] and for a wife[H802] he kept[H8104] sheep.

13. And by a prophet[H5030] the LORD[H3068] brought[H5927] [H853] Israel[H3478] out of Egypt,[H4480] [H4714] and by a prophet[H5030] was he preserved.[H8104]

14. Ephraim[H669] provoked him to anger[H3707] most bitterly:[H8563] therefore shall he leave[H5203] his blood[H1818] upon[H5921] him, and his reproach[H2781] shall his Lord[H113] return[H7725] unto him.