Hosea 8:7-10

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

7 For n they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
o strangers would devour it.
 8 p Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as q a useless vessel.
 9 For r they have gone up to Assyria,
s a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
 10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And t the king and princes u shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.

  1. Cross References
    Hosea 10:12 - 13
    Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
  2. Cross References
    Hosea 7:9
    Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:28
    Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, a vessel no one cares for? Why are he and his children hurled and cast into a land that they do not know?
  5. Cross References
    Hosea 5:13
    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:24
    A wild donkey used to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:7
    For thus says the Lord God : Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.
  8. Cross References
    Hosea 4:7
    The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.
    Hosea 4:10
    They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have forsaken the Lord to cherish
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