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12 Ephraim herds the wind[a]
    and is pursuing the east wind all day long;
he multiplies deception and violence
    and he[b] makes a treaty with Assyria,[c]
    and oil is brought to Egypt.
Yahweh has a quarrel[d] with Judah
    and will punish Jacob according to his ways
        and repay him according to his deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 Or “Ephraim befriends the wind”
  2. Hosea 12:1 Hebrew “they”
  3. Hosea 12:1 Literally “cuts a covenant with Assyria”
  4. Hosea 12:2 This word in Hebrew conveys a legal setting