7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
8 Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.
9 But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
10 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used parables.
11 Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
12 Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
13 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
