Hosea 12:1

Christian Standard Bible

God’s Case against Jacob’s Heirs

12 Ephraim chases^[a] the wind^(A)
and pursues the east wind.^(B)
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,^(C)
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.^(D)

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Footnotes

12:1 Or grazes on, or tends

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