Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

On. Literally, the wind. (Haydock) To trust in men is no less vain. (Worthington) Septuagint, "Ephraim is an evil spirit " Heat. Hebrew, "eastern or burning wind. "(Haydock) Mana hem attempted to engage Egypt on his side, but he was frustrated in his hopes, (4 Kings xv.; St. Jerome) as Osee was likewise; to which king the sense conducts us better, chap. xiii. 15. Oil. That of Palestine was very excellent, Ezechiel xxvii. 17.

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