⁸ As I have observed,^(A) those who plow evil^(B)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.^(C)

⁸ Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,^(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.^(B)

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)

¹² Sow^(A) righteousness^(B) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;^(C)
    for it is time to seek^(D) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness^(E) on you.
¹³ But you have planted wickedness,
    you have reaped evil,^(F)
    you have eaten the fruit of deception.^(G)
Because you have depended on your own strength
    and on your many warriors,^(H)

¹⁸ “Your own conduct and actions^(A)
    have brought this on you.^(B)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter^(C) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

¹⁴ Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth^(A) to disillusionment.
¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(B) they have made.^(C)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

³⁵ They conceive trouble^(A) and give birth to evil;^(B)
    their womb fashions deceit.”