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 favour.He found him at Betheland 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 scalesand loves to defraud.
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.