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Hosea 8:7 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Hosea 8:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 8 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. stalk: or, standing corn”
Hosea 8:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.' Proverbial wisdom: sowing wind (worthless effort) reaps whirlwind (devastating consequences). Agricultural imagery continues: no stalk, no meal - complete crop failure. Even if some yield exists, 'strangers swallow it' - foreign nations consume any productivity. This describes futility: investing in what produces nothing, losing even that little to enemies. Galatians 6:7 warns: 'Do not be deceived, God is not mocked: whatever one ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 8:7
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“and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.”
“those who plow iniquity”
“for whatever a man sows”
“and great in power”
“and he doesn't realize it. Indeed”
“when Israel had sown”
“reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh”
“and my new wine in its season”
“behold”
“and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain”