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Hosea 8:7

SinJudgment

5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

6 For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

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BSB
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
KJV
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
BLB
For the wind they sow and they shall reap the whirlwind. The stalk [is] not unto it, a shoot not yielding flour; even if it should produce, strangers would swallow it up!
ÅB
For vind sår de, og storm skal de høste; deres korn får ikke aks, deres grøde gir ikke føde; om den gir noe, skal fremmede oppsluke det.
OTB
For de sår vinden
Og de høster stormen.
Det stående kornet har ingen kjerner;
Det gir ingen avling.
Om det skulle gi avling, ville fremmede fortære den.
B1930
For vind sår de, og storm skal de høste; deres korn får ikke aks, deres grøde gir ikke føde; om den gir noget, skal fremmede opsluke det.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 22:8

    He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

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  • Job 4:8

    As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

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  • Galatians 6:7

    Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

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  • Nahum 1:3

    The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

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  • Hosea 7:9

    Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

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  • Judges 6:3–6

    Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

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  • Hosea 10:12–13

    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

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  • Isaiah 66:15

    For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

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