7. “They sow the wind,And reap the whirlwind.The stalk has no bud;It shall never produce meal.If it should produce,Aliens would swallow it up.
8. Israel is swallowed up;Now they are among the GentilesLike a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9. For they have gone up to Assyria,Like a wild donkey alone by itself;Ephraim has hired lovers.
10. Yes, though they have hired among the nations,Now I will gather them;And they shall sorrow a little,Because of the burden of the king of princes.
11. “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,They have become for him altars for sinning.
12. I have written for him the great things of My law,But they were considered a strange thing.