Hosea 8:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ Because they sow the wind,
        they will get the whirlwind.
    Standing grain, but no fresh growth;
        it will yield no meal;
    if it were to yield,
        strangers would devour it.

⁸ Israel is swallowed up;
        among the nations, they are now
        like a useless jar.
⁹ They have gone up to Assyria,
        a wild ass wandering alone;
        Ephraim has hired lovers.