After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were weak and thin and dried up by the east wind.

随后又长了七个穗子，枯槁细弱，被东风吹焦了。

看哪，随后又长出七个穗子，枯槁，细弱，又被东风吹焦了。

看哪，随后又长出七个穗子，枯槁，细弱，又被东风吹焦了。

接着又长出七个干瘪的穗子，

接着，又长出了七个麦穗，又枯干又干瘦又被东风吹焦了。

看哪！随后又长出七个被东风吹焦的细弱枯槁的穗子。

隨後又長了七個穗子，枯槁細弱，被東風吹焦了。

看哪，隨後又長出七個穗子，枯槁，細弱，又被東風吹焦了。

看哪，隨後又長出七個穗子，枯槁，細弱，又被東風吹焦了。

接著又長出七個乾癟的穗子，

接著，又長出了七個麥穗，又枯乾又乾瘦又被東風吹焦了。

隨後又發生了七個穗子，枯乾細瘦，被熱東風吹焦了。

看哪！隨後又長出七個被東風吹焦的細弱枯槁的穗子。

厥後又生七穗、枯且細、暴於東風、

又見七穗、枯而細、暴於東風。

後又生七穗、枯且細、被東風吹而燥、

After them, seven other heads sprouted— withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.

Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them,

Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were blighted, shriveled, and withered by the east wind.

After them, seven heads of grain— withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind— sprouted up.

and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind sprouted up after them;

Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.

and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

After them, seven heads of grain— withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind— sprouted up.

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin,[ and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Even though they are doing well among the other tribes, trouble will come to them. I will send a hot and dry wind from the east. It will blow in from the desert. Their springs will not have any water. Their wells will dry up. All their treasures will be taken out of their storerooms.

Ephraim is like a worthless plant. Its roots are dried up. It does not produce any fruit. Suppose Ephraim’s people have children. Then I will kill the children they love so much.”

Their people do not have any power left. They are troubled and put to shame. They are like plants in the field. They are like new green plants. They are like grass that grows on a roof. It dries up before it is completely grown.

The Lord says,“ Worshiping other gods is like worshiping the wind. It is like planting worthless seeds. Assyria is like a windstorm. That is all my people will harvest. There are no heads of grain on the stems that will come up. So they will not produce any flour. Even if they did produce grain, the Assyrians would eat all of it up.

May they be like grass that grows on the roof of a house. It dries up before it can grow.There isn’t enough of it to fill a person’s hand. There isn’t enough to tie up and carry away.

After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were thin and dried up by the east wind.