7. “Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind.But they will harvest a whirlwind.Her plans are like a stalk with no head of grain.It produces nothing.Even if it produces something,other nations would eat it.
8. Israel is destroyed.The people are mixed among the other nations.They have become useless to me.
9. Like a wild donkey,Israel has run to Assyria.Israel has hired other nations to protect her.
10. Although Israel is mixed among the nations,I will gather them together.They will become weaker and weakeras they suffer under the great king of Assyria.
11. “The more altars Israel built to remove sin,the more they have become altars for sinning.