“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?
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.
“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.
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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