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Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he continually multiplies lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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The Emptiness of Worldly Hopes
Commentators explain that Israel's alliances were like "feeding on wind"—an activity that seems to fill but provides no nourishment. Chasing the destructive "east wind" symbolizes pursuing things that are actively harmful. This is a powerful warning against placing ultimate hope in worldly solutions, which are empty and destructive apart from God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind - The East wind in Palestine, coming from Arabia and the far East over large…
19th Century
Anglican
East wind. — Compare Isaiah 27:8 and Job 27:21. On the latter passage Wetzstein remarks: "This wind is more frequent in winter and…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet here speaks out strongly against the vain hopes of the people, for they were so inflated with arrogance that they despised all instruct…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ephraim feedeth on wind Which will be no more profitable and beneficial to him than wind is to a man that opens his …
Ephraim feeds himself with vain hopes of help from man when he is in hostility with God. The Jews vainly thought to secure the Egyptians by a gift …
