Hosea 8:7

For they have sown the wind, 1 and they shall reap the whirlwind; 1 the stalk [of standing grain] hath no tzemach (shoot); 1 it shall yield no kemach (flour); 1 and even if it yielded it, zarim would devour it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6They are from Yisroel! 1 The craftsman made it; 1 therefore it is not Elohim; 1 but the egel of Shomron shall be broken in pieces. 1

8Yisroel is swallowed up; 1 now shall they be among the Goyim 1 like a worthless keli (vessel). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:33The pri of thy adamah, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed kol hayamim;

2 Kings 13:3And the af Hashem (anger of Hashem ) was kindled against Yisroel, and He delivered them into the yad Chazael Melech Aram (Syria), and into the yad Ben-Hadad Ben Chazael, all their yamim.

2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekach Melech Yisroel came Tiglat Pileser Melech Ashur (Assyria), and took Iyon, and Abel Beit-Ma'achah, and Yanoach, and Kedesh, and Chatzor, and Gil'ad, and the Galil, all the Eretz Naphtali, and carried them away into the Golus of Assyria.

Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap aven (iniquity), 1 and the shevet (rod) of his wrath shall disappear. 1

Isaiah 17:11In the day thou shalt set out thy plants to make them grow, 1 and in the boker shalt thou bring thy zera to blossom; 1 but the katzir (harvest) shall be a heap 1 in the day of sickness and of incurable pain. 1

Jeremiah 12:13They have sown chittim (wheat), but shall reap kotzim (thorns); 1 they have tired themselves out, but shall not profit; 1 and they shall be ashamed of your harvests 1 because of the Charon Af Hashem (burning furious wrath of Hashem).

Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:2-8

Sin and Punishment of Israel; Crimes Charged against Israel; Sottish Idolatry of Israel. ( b. c. 745.) 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord , because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they… Read the whole commentary →

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