12 ^[a]Ephraim feeds on ^(A)wind
And pursues the ^(B)east wind continually;
He abounds in falsehood and destruction.
Moreover, ^[b]he cuts a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

¹⁵ Though he ^(A)is fruitful among the ^[a]reeds,
An ^(B)east wind will come,
The wind of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will ^(C)become dry,
And his spring will be dried up;
It will ^(D)plunder his treasury of every desirable article.