Holy Scripture
Hosea 8:7
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“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: standing stalk, there is no grain in it, it shall not make flour: and if it should make any, strangers would devour it. " LXX: "Because they have sown corruption, they shall reap a fall: a handful of corn hath not the beauty of ear; they shall yield no fl…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
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In context
5Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
6Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
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8Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.
9For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.