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Ephraim is grazing on wind
and pursuing the east wind.
All day he multiplies lies and ruin:
    making[a] a pact with Assyria,
    while carrying oil to Egypt.
Adonai also has a dispute with Judah:
He will punish Jacob for his ways,
    repaying him for his deeds.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
and in his vigor he strove with God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:2 Lit. they are making.