Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; Every day he multiplieth falsehood and violence; They make a league with Assyria, And oil is carried into Egypt.

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In The 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.

In Context

2Therefore Jehovah hath a controversy with Judah. And he will punish Jacob for his ways, And requite him according to his doings.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:36But they only flattered him with their mouths, And spake falsely to him with their tongues.

Jeremiah 22:22The wind shall consume all thy shepherds, And thy lovers shall go into captivity; Then shalt thou be ashamed And confounded for all thy wickedness.

Hosea 4:15Though thou play the harlot, O Israel, Yet let not Judah offend! Come ye not to Gilgal, Neither go ye up to Bethaven. And swear ye not, saying, As Jehovah liveth!

Hosea 7:1When I was about to deliver my people from captivity, When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, And the wickedness of Samaria; For they practise fraud, And the thief entereth in, And the band of robbers spoileth without.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:1

In this chapter we have, I. A high charge drawn up against both Israel and Judah for their sins, which were the ground of God's controversy with them, ver. 1, 2 . Particularly the sin of fraud and injustice, which Ephraim is charged with ( ver. 7 ), and justifies himself in, ver. 8 . And the sin of idolatry ( ver. 11 ), by which God is provoked to contend with them, ver. 14 . II. The aggravations of the sins they are charged with, taken from the honour God put upon their father Jacob ( ver. 3-5 ), the advancement… Read the whole commentary →

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