⁷ For they sow the wind,
    and they will reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no head
    and will yield no flour.
If it were to yield,
    foreigners would swallow it up.
⁸ Israel is swallowed up.
    Now they are among the nations
    as a vessel in which there is no pleasure.
⁹ For they have gone up to Assyria
    like a wild donkey alone by itself;
    Ephraim has hired lovers.