“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.
(C)Israel is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
(D)Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (E)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (F)has hired lovers.
10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations,
Now (G)I will gather them;
And they shall [a]sorrow a little,
Because of the [b]burden of (H)the king of princes.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:10 Or begin to diminish
  2. Hosea 8:10 Or oracle or proclamation

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