| Hosea 12:1
| Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplieth lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
| On. Literally, the wind. (Haydock) --- To trust in men is no less vain. (Worthington) --- Septuagint, "Ephraim is an evil spirit," etc. --- Heat. Hebrew, "eastern or burning wind." (Haydock) --- Manahem 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, Osee 13:15. --- Oil. That of Palestine was very excellent, Ezechiel 27:17.
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