Ecclesiastes 1:14
14I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is avanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
and a striving after wind. ▼▼Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)
Hosea 12:1
1Ephraim feeds on the windand pursues dthe east wind all day long;
they multiply efalsehood and violence;
fthey make a covenant with Assyria,
and goil is carried to Egypt.
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