Then behold,sevenears,thinand scorchedby the eastwind,sproutedup afterthem.
and lo,sevenears,withered,thin,[and] scorchedby the eastwind,sproutedup afterthem;
He fellasleepand dreameda secondtime;and behold,sevenearsof graincameup on a singlestalk,plumpand good.
The thinearsswallowedup the sevenplumpand fullears.Then Pharaohawoke,and behold,[it was] a dream.
"Behold,though it is planted,will it thrive?Will it not completelywitheras soon as the eastwindstrikesit-- witheron the bedswhereit grew?"'"
But it was pluckedup in fury;It was castdownto the ground;And the eastwinddriedup its fruit.Its strongbranchwas tornoffSo that it withered;The fireconsumedit.
Ephraimfeedson wind,And pursuesthe eastwindcontinually;He multipliesliesand violence.Moreover, he makesa covenantwith Assyria,And oilis carriedto Egypt.
Thoughhe flourishesamongthe reeds,An eastwindwill come,The windof the LORDcomingup from the wilderness;And his fountainwill becomedryAnd his springwill be driedup; It will plunder[his] treasuryof everypreciousarticle.
When the suncameup Godappointeda scorchingeastwind,and the sunbeatdownon Jonah'sheadso that he becamefaintand beggedwith [all] his soulto die,saying,"Deathis betterto me thanlife."
