⁷ When Israel sows the wind,
    it will reap the whirlwind.
When the standing grain has no heads,
    it will yield no flour.
And if it were to yield flour,
    foreigners would devour it.
⁸ Israel is swallowed up;
    now they are among the nations
    like something of no value.
⁹ For they have gone up to Assyria
    like a wild ass wandering on its own;
    Ephraim has bargained for lovers.