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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.
In the womb he deceived his brother,
    and in his manhood he struggled with God.

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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