Hosea 8:7-9

Tree of Life Version

⁷ “For they sow wind, and reap a whirlwind.
There is no mature grain—
    the sprout yields no meal.
Should it produce anything,
    strangers would swallow it up.
⁸ Israel has been swallowed up!
Now they are among the nations,
    like an ornament with no delight in it.
⁹ For they have gone up to Assyria,
    like a wild donkey alone by itself.
Ephraim has hired lovers.