Hosea 12:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 41:6

And behold, after them sprouted seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind.

2 Kings 15:19

Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold of the royal power.

2 Chronicles 21:11

Moreover he made high places in the hill country of Judah, and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, and made Judah go astray.

Job 15:2

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

Psalm 78:36

But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

Jeremiah 2:36

How lightly you gad about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Jeremiah 22:22

The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; then you will be ashamed and confounded because of all your wickedness.

Jeremiah 7:15

And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of Ephraim.

Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough.

Ezekiel 17:10

Behold, when it is transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it—wither away on the bed where it grew?”

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim has encompassed me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah is still known by God, and is faithful to the Holy One.

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the harlot, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”

Hosea 4:19

A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.

Hosea 7:1

when I would heal Israel, the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely, the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid without.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.