Hosea

Hosea 8:7–8

⁷For they sow the wind,

and they shall reap the whirlwind.

There is no standing grain;

what sprouts fails to yield flour.

Even if it should produce,

the foreigners would swallow it up.

⁸Israel is swallowed up!

Now they are among the nations

like a worthless vessel.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they sow	יִזְרָ֖עוּ	yiz·rā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2232 sow, scatter seed
the wind	ר֥וּחַ	rū·aḥ	Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
and they shall reap	יִקְצֹ֑רוּ	yiq·ṣō·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7114 be short
the whirlwind	וְסוּפָ֣תָה	wə·sū·p̄ā·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H5492 storm-wind
There is no	אֵֽין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
standing grain	קָמָ֣ה	qā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H7054 standing grain
what sprouts	צֶ֚מַח	ṣe·maḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H6780 sprout, growth
fails	בְּלִ֣י	bə·lî	Adverb	H1097 wearing out
to yield	יַֽעֲשֶׂה־	ya·‘ă·śeh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
flour	קֶּ֔מַח	qe·maḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H7058 flour, meal
Even if	אוּלַ֣י	’ū·lay	Adverb	H194 peradventure, perhaps
it should produce	יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה	ya·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
the foreigners	זָרִ֖ים	zā·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2114 be a stranger
would swallow it up	יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃	yiḇ·lā·‘u·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
is swallowed up	נִבְלַ֖ע	niḇ·la‘	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf
Now	עַתָּה֙	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
they are	הָי֣וּ	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
among the nations	בַגּוֹיִ֔ם	ḇag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
like a worthless	אֵֽין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
vessel	כִּכְלִ֖י	kiḵ·lî	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H3627 article, utensil, vessel

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Hosea 8:7 Proverbs 22:8 · Job 4:8 · Galatians 6:7 · Nahum 1:3 · Hosea 7:9 · Hosea 10:12–13 · Judges 6:3–6 · Jeremiah 12:13 · Hosea 2:9 · Isaiah 66:15 · 2 Kings 13:3–7 · Ecclesiastes 5:16

Hosea 8:8 Jeremiah 22:28 · Jeremiah 51:34 · 2 Timothy 2:20–21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.