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Jun 15, 2022 · Hosea 8:7 makes the enigmatic statement, “For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.” This proverb is known in modern times for its use in military speeches and as a title for a science fiction novel.
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For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because they sowed wind and they have reaped a hurricane, and they do not have a stalk, neither an ear that makes meal, and if they had foreigners ...
- What Is The Context of Hosea 8:7?
- What Does It Mean to Reap The Whirlwind?
- How Do We Apply This Today?
- What Does This Mean?
Hosea is one of the most interesting books in the Old Testament. God calls the prophet, Hosea, to “take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.” Hosea’s marriage to the unfaithful Gomer is a picture of God’s covenantrelationship with Israel. Historically, the people of...
If you plant tomato seeds into the ground, you’re going to grow tomatoes and not apples. That is what it means to sow and reap. You sow tomato seeds; then you reap a tomato (hopefully). But here in Hosea, what would it mean to “sow the wind”? What exactly are the Israelites planting? The wind is a thing you do not grasp. To sow the wind would be to...
The principle which was true in Hosea’s day is true in our own. You reap what you sow. In the New Testament, Paul picks up this principle in Galatians 6:7-8, Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spi...
We know from Galatians 5what the fruit of the Spirit looks like. When we sow into the Spirit, we can anticipate a crop of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. And we know what happens when we sow with our flesh; it is a whole host of love-violating, community-destroying, and self-exalting sins....
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.
If someone reaps the whirlwind, they suffer now because of mistakes that they made in the past. Note: To reap a crop such as corn means to cut and gather it. The Government refused to tackle the problem at the time and it is now reaping the whirlwind.
7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
"You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind", a voice line from the Terran Ghost unit from StarCraft: Brood War by Blizzard Entertainment Sir Arthur Harris ' speech in which he explains his bombing campaign against Nazi Germany.
