9. Ephraim has said,“How rich I have become;I have made a fortune!”All his gain will not sufficefor the guilt of his sin.
10. I the Lord have been your God,since the land of Egypt;I will again have you live in tents,as on feast days.
11. I spoke to the prophets,I granted many visions,and through the prophets I told parables.
12. In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nothing;in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,But their altars are like heaps of stonesin the furrows of the field.
13. Jacob fled to the land of Aram,and Israel served for a wife;for a wife he tended sheep.
14. But by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,and by a prophet Israel was tended.
15. Ephraim has aroused bitter anger,so his Lord shall cast his bloodguilt upon himand repay him for his scorn.