Hosea 12:1
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12 Ephraim herds the wind
and pursues the east wind all day long;
they multiply falsehood and violence;
they make a treaty with Assyria,
and oil is carried to Egypt.(A)
Hosea 11:12
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12 [a]Ephraim has surrounded me with lies
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks[b] with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.(A)
Hosea 8:7
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7 For they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no meal;
if it were to yield,
foreigners would devour it.(A)
Hosea 5:13
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13 When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria
and sent to the great king.[a]
But he is not able to cure you
or heal your wound.(A)
Footnotes
- 5.13 Cn: Heb to a king who will contend
Ezekiel 17:10
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10 Look, it has been transplanted. Will it thrive?
When the east wind strikes it,
will it not utterly wither,
wither on the bed where it grew?(A)
Jeremiah 22:22
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22 The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
and your lovers shall go into captivity;
then you will be ashamed and dismayed
because of all your wickedness.(A)
Isaiah 30:6-7
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6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and roaring[a] lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels
to a people that cannot profit them.(A)
7 For Egypt’s help is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her,
“Rahab who sits still.”[b](B)
Job 15:2
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2 “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge
and fill themselves with the east wind?(A)
2 Kings 17:4-6
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4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria confined him and imprisoned him.
Israel Carried Captive to Assyria
5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria; for three years he besieged it. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria; he carried the Israelites away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah, on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.(A)
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2 Kings 15:19
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19 King Pul of Assyria came against the land; Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, so that he might help him confirm his hold on the royal power.(A)
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