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26 Do you think that you can reprove words,
    when the speech of a despairing man is (A)wind?

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26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?(A)

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“How long will you say these things,
    and the words of your mouth be a (A)great wind?

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“How long will you say such things?(A)
    Your words are a blustering wind.(B)

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12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
    and pursues (A)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (B)falsehood and violence;
    (C)they make a covenant with Assyria,
    and (D)oil is carried to Egypt.

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12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.