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Hosea 8:7-8
Revised Standard Version

7 For they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads,
    it shall yield no meal;
if it were to yield,
    aliens would devour it.
8 Israel is swallowed up;
    already they are among the nations
    as a useless vessel.

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Hosea 8:7-8
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7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: [a]he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.

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  1. Hosea 8:7 Or, it hath no stalk
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Hosea 8:7-8
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7 “They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(C)
8 Israel is swallowed up;(D)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.(E)

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