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Hosea 8:7

World English Bible

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.

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Hosea 8:7 in other translations

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.

Hosea 8:7 · American Standard Version

Hosea 8:7 in context

  1. 5Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!
    My anger burns against them!
    How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
  2. 6For this is even from Israel!
    The workman made it, and it is no God;
    indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  3. 7For 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.
  4. 8Israel is swallowed up.
    Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
  5. 9For they have gone up to Assyria,
    like a wild donkey wandering alone.
    Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.