Study it in the app“Ephraim feeds on wind, and pursues the east wind; all day he multiplies lies and destruction; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.”
Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםfeeds onרֹעֶהwind,רוּחַand pursuesוְרֹדֵףthe east wind;קָדִיםallכָּלdayהַיּוֹםhe multipliesיַרְבֶּהliesכָּזָבand destruction;וָשֹׁדand they makeוּ יִכְרֹתוּa covenantבְרִיתwithעִםAssyria,אַשּׁוּרand oilוְשֶׁמֶןis carriedיוּבָלto Egypt.לְמִצְרַיִם
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsgraze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “roe” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodef” appearseast wind
A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.
Where else “kadim” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsincrease
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “yarbe” appearslie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “kazav” appearsdestruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “yichrotu” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appearsbring, lead
To bring, to lead; sometimes in a procession, with solemnity.
Where else “yuval” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears1Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
1 · This verse (above)
2And YHWH has a dispute with Judah, and he will call Jacob to account according to his ways; according to his deeds he will pay back to him.
