4. He struggled with an angel and prevailed;he wept and begged for his favor.He found God at Bethel,and there he spoke with him!
5. As for the Lord God Almighty,the Lord is the name by which he is remembered!
6. But you must return to your God,by maintaining love and justice,and by waiting for your God to return to you.
7. The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
8. Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”