Old/New Testament

12 Ephraim is fed with the wind and follows after the East wind. He increases daily lies and destruction. And they make a covenant with Assyria. And oil is carried into Egypt.

² Also, the LORD has a dispute with Judah and will visit Jacob, according to His ways. According to His works, will He recompense him.

³ He took his brother by the heel in the womb; and by his strength he contended with God

⁴ and had power over the Angel and prevailed. He wept and prayed to Him. He found Him in Bethel. And He spoke with us there.

⁵ Yea, the LORD God of Hosts. The LORD is His own memorial.

⁶ Therefore, turn to your God! Keep mercy and judgment and continue to hope in your God.

⁷ Canaan! The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.

⁸ And Ephraim said, “Nevertheless, I am rich! I have found wealth for myself in all my labors! They shall find no iniquity in me that is wickedness.”

⁹ “Though I am the LORD your God, from the land of Egypt, yet will I make you dwell in the tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn Feast.

¹⁰ “I have also spoken by the Prophets. And I have multiplied visions and used similitudes by the ministry of the Prophets.”

¹¹ Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely, they are worthless. They sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal. And their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

¹² And Jacob fled into the country of Aram. And Israel served for a wife. And for a wife he kept sheep.

¹³ And by a Prophet, the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt. And by a Prophet he was preserved.

¹⁴ Ephraim provoked Him with high places. Therefore, his blood shall be poured upon him. And his LORD shall reward him with his reproach.

13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel. But he has sinned in Baal and is dead.

² And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding. They were all the work of the craftsmen. They say one to another while they sacrifice a man, “Let them kiss the calves.”

³ Therefore, they shall be as the morning cloud and as the morning dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with a whirlwind out of the floor and as the smoke that goes out of the chimney.

⁴ “Yet I am the LORD your God, from the land of Egypt. And you shall know no God but Me. For there is no Savior beside Me.

⁵ “I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

⁶ “As in their pastures, were they filled. They were filled and their hearts were exalted. Therefore, they have forgotten Me.

⁷ “And I will be to them as a lion, as a leopard on the way of Assyria.

⁸ “I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps. And I will tear open their chests. And there will I devour them like a lion. The wild beasts shall tear them.

⁹ “O Israel, one has destroyed you! But in Me is your help.

¹⁰ “I will be your King. Where is your king who would help you in all your cities, and your judges of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

¹¹ “I gave you a king in My anger. And I took him away in My wrath.

¹² “The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up. His sin is hidden.

¹³ “The sorrows of a woman in labor shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, or else he would not stand still at the time of the breaking forth of the children.

¹⁴ “I will redeem them from the power of the grave. I will deliver them from death. O death, I will be your death! O grave, I will be your destruction! Sorrow shall be hidden from My Eyes.”

¹⁵ Though he grew up among his brethren, an East wind shall come. The wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness and dry up his vein. And his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

14 Samaria shall be desolate. For she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword. Their infants shall be dashed in pieces. And their women with child shall be ripped open.

² O Israel, return to the LORD your God! For you have fallen by your iniquity!

³ Take words with you and turn to the LORD, and say to Him, “Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously. So will we render the calves of our lips.

⁴ “Assyria shall not save us. Nor will we ride upon horses. Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’ For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

⁵ “I will heal their rebellion. I will love them freely. For My anger has turned away from him.

⁶ “I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall grow as the lily and fasten his roots as the trees of Lebanon.

⁷ “His branches shall spread. And his beauty shall be as the olive tree and his smell as Lebanon.

⁸ “Those who dwell under his shadow shall return. They shall revive as grain and flourish as the vine. Their scent shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

⁹ “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’ I shall hear him and look upon him. I am like a green fir tree. Upon Me your fruit is found.

¹⁰ “Who is wise and shall understand these things, prudent and shall know them? For the ways of the LORD are righteous and the just shall walk in them. But the wicked shall fall therein.”

4 After this, I looked. And behold, a door was open in Heaven. And the first voice which I heard was, as it were, of a trumpet; talking with me, saying, “Come up here! And I will show you things which must be done hereafter.”

² And immediately, I was ravished in the Spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven. And One sat upon the throne.

³ And He Who sat looked like a jasper stone, and a sardius. And there was a rainbow around the throne, which looked like an emerald.

⁴ And around the throne were 24 seats. And upon the seats I saw 24 elders sitting, clothed in white raiment. And on their heads were crowns of gold.

⁵ And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunder and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne (which are the seven spirits of God).

⁶ And before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four beasts, full of eyes in front and behind.

⁷ And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf. And the third beast had a face as a man. And the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

⁸ And each of the four beasts had six wings around him. And they were full of eyes within. And they ceased neither day nor night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Who was and Who is and Who is to come!”

⁹ And when those beasts gave glory and honor and thanks to Him Who sat on the throne, Who lives forever and ever,

¹⁰ the 24 elders fell down before Him Who sat on the throne and worshipped Him Who lives for evermore; and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹¹ “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power! For You have created all things! And for Your will’s sake they are and have been created!”