Hosea 12:1
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Agreement Asshur Assyria Assyrians Carried Chases Continually Covenant Daily Deceit Desolation Destruction East Egypt Enjoying Ephraim E'phraim Ephraim's Feedeth Feeds Followeth Food Goes Herds Increaseth Lies Makes Moreover Multiplies Multiplieth Multiply Oil Olive Pursues Pursueth Pursuing Sends Spoiling Striveth Treaty Violence Wind
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Agreement Asshur Assyria Assyrians Carried Chases Continually Covenant Daily Deceit Desolation Destruction East Egypt Enjoying Ephraim E'phraim Ephraim's Feedeth Feeds Followeth Food Goes Herds Increaseth Lies Makes Moreover Multiplies Multiplieth Multiply Oil Olive Pursues Pursueth Pursuing Sends Spoiling Striveth Treaty Violence Wind
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English Standard Version
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
Ephraim feeds on wind, And pursues the east wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried to Egypt.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

International Standard Version
"Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt.

NET Bible
Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind and try to chase the east wind all day. They are very violent and destructive. They make treaties with Assyria and take olive oil to Egypt.

King James 2000 Bible
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

American King James Version
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.

Darby Bible Translation
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily multiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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.

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.
Lexicon
Ephraim
'Ephrayim  (ef-rah'-yim)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Ephraim, Ephraimites.
feedeth
ra`ah  (raw-aw')
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
on wind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
and followeth
radaph  (raw-daf')
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
after the east wind
qadiym  (kaw-deem')
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) -- east(-ward, wind).
he daily
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
increaseth
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
lies
kazab  (kaw-zawb')
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol) -- deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
and desolation
shod  (shode)
violence, ravage -- desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.
and they do make
karath  (kaw-rath')
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant
a covenant
briyth  (ber-eeth')
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
with the Assyrians
'Ashshuwr  (ash-shoor')
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
and oil
shemen  (sheh'-men)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness -- anointing, fat (things), fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, + pine.
is carried
yabal  (yaw-bal')
to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp) -- bring (forth), carry, lead (forth).
into Egypt
Mitsrayim  (mits-rah'-yim)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
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