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Hosea 8:7-9
EasyEnglish Bible
Hosea 8:7-9
EasyEnglish Bible
7 Like a farmer, Israel's people have planted the wind.
So their harvest will be a strong storm!
The crops that grow in their fields will not have any grain.
So they will not be able to make flour for bread.
Even if the crops do make some grain,
foreign people will take it for themselves.
8 Israel will become lost among the other nations.
It will be like a useless pot that nobody needs.
9 Israel's rulers have gone to Assyria for help.
They are like a wild donkey that goes here and there.
Ephraim's people have paid money to get help from other nations.[a]
as if they are paying for lovers.
Footnotes
- 8:9 Ephraim is another name for the northern kingdom, Israel.
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