For they have [a]sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall bring forth no meal: if so be it brought forth, the strangers shall devour it.

Israel is devoured, now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

For they are gone up to Assyria: they are as a [b]wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:7 Showing that their religion hath but a show, and in itself is but vanity.
  2. Hosea 8:9 They never cease, but run to and fro to seek help.

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