7 For athey sow the wind,
And they reap the bwhirlwind.
The standing grain has no growth;
It makes cno flour.
Should it make anything, strangers would swallow it up.
8 Israel is aswallowed up;
They are now among the nations
Like a bvessel in which no one delights.
9 For they have gone up to aAssyria
Like ba wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has chired lovers.