Self-interpreting Bible

1 EPHRAIM feedeth on ^awind, and followeth after the east wind: ^bhe daily increaseth lies and desolation; and ^cthey do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and ^doil is carried into Egypt.

• a: Job 15:2 , Je. 22:20 , Ho. 8:7 , Ho. 13:15
• b: Ho. 11:12 , 2Ki. 17:4 - 6
• c: Ho. 5:13 , Ho. 7:11 , 2Ki. 15:19 , 2Ki. 17:4 , De. 8:8
• d: Is. 57:9

2 ^eThe LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will ¹punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his ^fdoings will he recompense him.

• e: Mi. 6:2 , 2Ch. 28:10 , Is. 3:11 , Is. 8:7 , Is. 8:8 , Isaiah 10 , Isaiah 22 , Isaiah 24 - 37 , Ho. 4:1 , Ho. 4:2 , Je. 25:31
• 1: Heb. visit upon.
• f: Ga. 6:7 , Ga. 6:8

3 ¶He took his brother ^gby the heel in the womb, and by his strength ^hhe ²had power with God:

• g: Ge. 25:26 , Lu. 1:44 , Je. 1:5 , Mal. 1:2 , Mal. 1:3 , Ro. 9:11 - 13
• h: Ge. 32:24 - 28 , Ho. 12:4 , Ja. 5:16 - 18 , Is. 45:11 , He. 5:7
• 2: Heb. was a prince, or behaved himself princely.

4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in ⁱBeth-el, and there he spake ^jwith us;

• i: Ge. 35:9 , Ge. 35:10 , Ge. 35:15 , Ge. 28:11 - 20
• j: Ps. 66:6 , Ro. 15:4 , Ge. 17:7

5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his ^kmemorial.

• k: Ex. 3:15 , Is. 42:8 , Ps. 83:18

6 ^lTherefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

• l: Ho. 14:1 , Je. 3:4 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 3:22 , Is. 55:7 , Mi. 6:8 , Ps. 27:14 , Ps. 130:7 , Ps. 130:8 , Hab. 2:3

7 ¶He is ³a merchant, the ^mbalances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to ⁴oppress.

• 3: Or, Canaan. Eze. 16.3. , Eze. 16:3
• m: Le. 19:35 , Le. 19:36 , Pr. 11:1 , Am. 8:5
• 4: Or, deceive.

8 And Ephraim said, ⁿYet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: ⁵in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me ⁶that were sin.

• n: Ps. 49:6 , Ps. 52:7 , Pr. 13:7 , Pr. 30:12 , Pr. 30:20 , Tit. 1:16 , Zec. 11:5 , Re. 3:17
• 5: Or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin.
• 6: Heb. which.

9 And I ^othat am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt ^pwill yet make thee to dwell in ^*tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

• o: Ho. 12:13 , Ho. 13:4 , Ex. 20:2 , Ex. 19:5 , Ex. 19:6 , Je. 2:2
• p: Je. 23:6 , Eze. 34:25 , Eze. 37:26 , Eze. 37:27 , Ho. 2:18 , Le. 23:34 , Le. 23:42 , Le. 23:43 , Zec. 14:16
• *: tabernacles-tents, dwellings.

10 I have also ^qspoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used ^rsimilitudes, ⁷by the ministry of the prophets.

• q: Nu. 12:6 , Je. 44:4 , 2Ch. 36:14 - 16
• r: Ho. 1:2 - 5 , Ho. 3:1 , Is. 20:2 - 4 , Jeremiah 13 , Jeremiah 19 , Ezekiel 4 , Ezekiel 5 , Ezekiel 7
• 7: Heb. by the hand.

11 ^sIs there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, ^ttheir altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

• s: Ho. 6:8 , Ho. 4:15 , Ho. 9:15 , Am. 4:4 , Am. 5:5
• t: Ho. 8:11 , Ho. 10:1 , Je. 2:20 , Je. 2:28

12 And Jacob ^ufled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

• u: De. 26:5 , Ge. 28:5 , Ge. 28:10 , Ge. 27:43 , Ge. 29:20 , Ge. 29:28

13 ^vAnd by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

• v: Ex. 12:50 , Ex. 12:51 , Ex. 13:3 , Is. 63:11 , Ps. 77:20 , Ho. 13:4 , Ho. 13:5 , De. 18:15

14 ^wEphraim provoked him to anger ⁸most bitterly: ^xtherefore shall he leave his ⁹blood upon him, and his ^yreproach shall his Lord return unto him.

• w: De. 32:15 - 27 , De. 28:15 - 68 , Le. 26:14 - 39 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 17
• 8: Heb. with bitternesses.
• x: Is. 3:11 , Je. 2:19 , Ho. 13:9 , Eze. 24:7 , Eze. 24:8
• 9: Heb. bloods.
• y: Ho. 7:16 , 1Sa. 2:30 , De. 28:37 , Da. 11:18