KJV King James Version
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
Surrounding context — Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;
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אֶפְרַ֜יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimרֹעֶ֥הH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsר֙וּחַ֙H7307 · ru.achspiritוְרֹדֵ֣ףH7291 · ra.daphto pursueקָדִ֔יםH6921 · qa.dimeastכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַיּ֕וֹםH3117 · yomdayכָּזָ֥בH3577 · ka.zavlieוָשֹׁ֖דH7701 · shodviolenceיַרְבֶּ֑הH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyוּבְרִית֙H1285 · be.ritcovenantעִם־H5973 · imwithאַשּׁ֣וּרH804 · ash.shurAssyriaיִכְרֹ֔תוּH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutוְשֶׁ֖מֶןH8081 · she.menoilלְמִצְרַ֥יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptיוּבָֽל׃H2986 · ya.valto conduct
Cross-references
Hosea 11:12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.Ezekiel 17:10Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.Jeremiah 22:22The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.Hosea 8:7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.Job 15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?Isaiah 30:6-7The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them].2 Kings 17:4-6And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.2 Kings 15:19[And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
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