Hosea 8:7
For the people sow the wind 1 and reap the whirlwind. 1 The standing grain has no heads; 1 it yields no flour. 1 If it does come to maturity, 1 foreigners will devour it. 1
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8Israel is swallowed up; 1 now they lie among the nations like something useless. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:33The harvest of your land and of all your labors—a nation that you do not know will eat it up; you will always be oppressed and crushed,
2 Kings 13:3The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram and into the hand of Ben Hadad son of Hazael.
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He carried away the people to Assyria.
Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap trouble 1 and the rod of his fury will fade away. 1
Isaiah 17:11on the day you plant and hedge and cultivate. Soon your seed will grow, 1 but the harvest will fail on a day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 1
Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvest thornbushes. They are exhausted from work but have gained nothing. 2 So be ashamed of your gain because of Yahweh's anger.”
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 →