Hosea 8:7

7 For 1they sow the wind And they reap the 2whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields 3no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.

Hosea 8:7 In-Context

5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
7 For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up.
8 Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.

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