After them, seven ears of corn #– #withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind #– #sprouted up.
Hosea 8:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing corn; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it did, foreigners would swallow it up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they sow the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, strangers and aliens would eat it up. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Because they sow the wind, they will get the whirlwind. Standing grain, but no fresh growth; it will yield no meal; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it. Catholic Public Domain Version For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; end if it should yield, strangers shall eat it. |
After them, seven ears of corn #– #withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind #– #sprouted up.
King Pul , of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 35 tonnes of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom.
In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee #– #all the land of Naphtali #– #and deported the people to Assyria.
In my experience, those who plough injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same.
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?
On the day that you plant, you will help them to grow, and in the morning you will help your seed to sprout, but the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
Why do you spend silver on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
Look, the Lord will come with fire – his chariots are like the whirlwind – to execute his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire.
They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves but have no profit. Be put to shame by your harvests because of the Lord’s burning anger.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time and my new wine in its season; I will take away my wool and linen, which were to cover her nakedness.
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with grey, but he does not notice.
Ephraim is struck down; their roots are withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.’
Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap,
because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have laboured for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.