Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind

Hosea 8:7-10

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none--a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield--strangers do swallow it up.

Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

For they--they have gone up to Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself is Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.