Indeed, they sow the wind(A)
and reap the whirlwind.(B)
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.(C)
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

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“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(C)

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