For (A)they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
    it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
    (B)strangers would devour it.
(C)Israel is swallowed up;
    already they are among the nations
    as (D)a useless vessel.

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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