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Hosea 8:7

American Standard Version

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

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Hosea 8:7 in other translations

For they sow the wind,
and they will reap the whirlwind.
He has no standing grain.
The stalk will yield no head.
If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

Hosea 8:7 · World English Bible

Hosea 8:7 in context

  1. 5He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
  2. 6For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  3. 7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
  4. 8Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delighteth.
  5. 9For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.