³¹ Let him not deceive^(A) himself by trusting what is worthless,^(B)
    for he will get nothing in return.^(C)

⁸ “Those who cling to worthless idols^(A)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

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)

²⁰ Such a person feeds on ashes;^(A) a deluded^(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(C)”

¹⁰ You have forgotten^(A) God your Savior;^(B)
    you have not remembered the Rock,^(C) your fortress.^(D)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,^(E)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning^(F) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest^(G) will be as nothing^(H)
    in the day of disease and incurable^(I) pain.^(J)