7. The Israelites did a foolish thing—it was like trying to plant the wind. But they will get only troubles—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow, but it will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.
8. “Israel was destroyed; its people are scattered among the nations, like some dish that was thrown away because no one wanted it.
9. Ephraim went to his ‘lovers.’ Like a stubborn donkey, they led him off to Assyria.