“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
“Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right? Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
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