² “Should the wise answer with windy knowledge
    and fill themselves with the east wind?^(A)

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)

² “How long will you say these things
    and the words of your mouth be a great wind?

² “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
    and should one full of talk be vindicated?^(A)
3 Should your babble put others to silence,
    and when you mock, shall no one shame you?^(B)