Hosea 12:1

The English Standar Version

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant 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[3] the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents[4] of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold on 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 whoredom and made Judah go astray.

Job 15:2

"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly 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 much you go 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 evil.

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, it is planted; will it thrive? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it -- wither away on the bed where it sprouted?"

Hosea 11:12

[4] Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.[3]

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, 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[4] in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king.[4] But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.

Hosea 7:1

When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside.

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 flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.