Yahweh’s Contention with Judah
2 And Yahweh has a acontention with JudahAnd will punish Jacob baccording to his ways;He will cause everything to return to him according to his deeds.Hos 4:1; Mic 6:2Hos 4:9; 7:23 In the womb he atook his brother by the heel,And in his maturity he 1bwrestled with God.Or strove, cf. Gen 32:28Gen 25:26Gen 32:284 Indeed, he 1wrestled with the angel and prevailed;He wept and asought His favor.He found Him at bBethel,And there He spoke with us,Or strove, cf. Gen 32:28Gen 32:26Gen 28:13-19; 35:10-155 Even Yahweh, the God of hosts,Yahweh is His 1aname of remembrance.Lit memorialEx 3:156 Therefore, areturn to your God,bKeep lovingkindness and justice,And chope in your God continually.Hos 6:1-3; 10:12Mic 6:8Mic 7:77 A 1merchant, in whose hands are deceptive abalances,He loves to oppress.Or CanaaniteProv 11:1; Amos 8:5; Mic 6:118 And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become arich;I have found wealth for myself;In all my labors they will find in mebNo iniquity, which would be sin.”Ps 62:10; Hos 13:6; Rev 3:17Hos 4:8; 14:19 But I have been Yahweh your God since the land of Egypt;I will make you asettle in tents again,As in the days of the appointed festival.Lev 23:4210 And I have spoken to the aprophets,And I 1made visions abound,And by the hand of the prophets I gave bparables.Lit multiplied the vision2 Kin 17:13; Jer 7:25Ezek 17:2; 20:4911 Is there wickedness in Gilead?Surely they are worthless.In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;Yes, atheir altars are like the stone heapsBeside the furrows of the field.Hos 8:11; 10:1, 2
12 Now aJacob fled to the field of Aram,And bIsrael worked for a wife,And for a wife he kept sheep.Gen 28:5Gen 29:2013 But by a aprophet Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt,And by a prophet he was kept.Ex 14:19-22; Is 63:11-1414 aEphraim has provoked to bitter anger;So his Lord will leave his bbloodguilt on himAnd cause his creproach to return to him.2 Kin 17:7-18Ezek 18:10-13Dan 11:18; Mic 6:16