Lyrics · Hosea
They Have Sown the Wind
Hosea 7:1-10:15
[Processional Chant]
Gray hairs came quietly, strength leaked away,
Yet pride told the mirror that all was well.
An oven glowed red while the baker slept,
[Verse 1]
A cake burned one side and the center stayed wet.
A dove flew south, then north without rest,
A crooked bow failed when the arrow was pressed.
A calf made of silver could neither speak nor save,
[Chorus]
Gray hairs came quietly, strength leaked away,
Yet pride told the mirror that all was well.
Altars multiplied while the law became strange.
They have sown the wind; hear the field reply,
[Silence]
The whirlwind stands where the harvest should rise.
[Verse 2]
No grain in the stalk, no bread in the hand,
Foreign mouths swallow the fruit of the land.
Break up the fallow ground before the storm,
[Final Chorus]
Gray hairs came quietly, strength leaked away,
Yet pride told the mirror that all was well.
Seek righteousness now while return still has form.

