Bible Discussion Thread

To 'sow the wind and reap the whirlwind ' is an astute and pithy allusion that is easier to encompass in its entirety than to explain its parts, however, I 'l give it a go. On the same web page as the one in which I 'm writing this is "Wesley 's Notes for Hosea 8 7 ", and I don 't agree with some of the explanations there. For instance, "Sown the wind " does not denote 'lost labour ' and although a whirlwind is a destructive tempest, the allusion is subtler, though I do agree that it represents the wrath of God. I think that to 'sow the wind ' alludes to the efforts of someone who constructs a story or performs an action that is essentially insubstantial and worthless to he or those who will eventually judge the merit of that story or action sowing the wind and because the merit of the story or action can be expected to be adjudged to be low then you can expect to be rejected and castigated by either or both of those who matter to you or those who matter for your position for producing something of low or no merit hence the whirlwind.