“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)
Israel is swallowed up;(D)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.(E)

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For (A)they sow wind
And they harvest a (B)storm.
The standing grain has no [a]kernels;
It yields (C)no [b]grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.

Israel has been (D)swallowed up;
They are now among the nations
Like a (E)vessel in which no one delights.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:7 Lit growth
  2. Hosea 8:7 Or meal