⁷ “They^(A) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
^(B)Aliens would swallow it up.

¹³ “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his ^(A)wound,
Then Ephraim went ^(B)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
^(B)The viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;
^7 (C)For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her
^[b]Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.

² “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill ^[a]himself with the east wind?