8. Ephraim boasts,‘I am very rich; I have become wealthy.With all my wealth they will not find in meany iniquity or sin.’
9. ‘I have been the Lord your Godever since you came out of Egypt;I will make you live in tents again,as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10. I spoke to the prophets,gave them many visionsand told parables through them.’
11. Is Gilead wicked?Its people are worthless!Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?Their altars will be like piles of stoneson a ploughed field.
12. Jacob fled to the country of Aram;Israel served to get a wife,and to pay for her he tended sheep.
13. The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,by a prophet he cared for him.
14. But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshedand will repay him for his contempt.