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.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:7 Lit growth
  2. Hosea 8:7 Or meal

“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(C)

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Threshing floor and wine press will (A)not feed them,
And the new wine will fail [a]them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:2 Lit her

Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;
    the new wine(A) will fail them.

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