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

Indeed, they sow the wind(A)
and reap the whirlwind.(B)
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.(C)
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
Israel is swallowed up!(D)
Now they are among the nations
like discarded pottery.(E)

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