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Hosea 8:7-9
New English Translation
Hosea 8:7-9
New English Translation
The Fertility Cultists Will Become Infertile
7 They sow the wind,
and so they will reap the whirlwind!
The stalk does not have any standing grain;
it will not produce any flour.
Even if it were to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it all up.
8 Israel will be swallowed up among the nations;
they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.
Israel’s Hired Lovers
9 They have gone up to Assyria,
like a wild donkey that wanders off.
Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.[a]
Footnotes
- Hosea 8:9 tn Or “has hired herself out to lovers”; cf. NIV “has sold herself to lovers.”
Hosea 8:7-9
New International Version
Hosea 8:7-9
New International Version
7 “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)
8 Israel is swallowed up;(D)
now she is among the nations
like something no one wants.(E)
9 For they have gone up to Assyria(F)
like a wild donkey(G) wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(H)
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