And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him .

Ephraim fed upon the wind, and he pursued the east wind: all the day he multiplied falsehood and destruction; and they will cut out a covenant with Assur, and oil will be brought to Egypt

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.