Reap the whirlwind
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Reap the whirlwind may refer to:
Literature
Hosea 8:7: "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind."
Reap the Whirlwind (Star Trek novel), a 2007 Star Trek: Vanguard novel by David Mack
Reap the Whirlwind, a 1989 The Sword of Knowledge novel by C. J. Cherryh and Mercedes Lackey
Reap the Whirlwind, a 1968 memoir by Geoffrey Bing
Reap the Whirlwind, a 1994 Plainsmen Series novel by Terry C. Johnston
Reap the Whirlwind: The Untold Story of 6 Group, Canada's Bomber Force of World War II, a 1992 history by Spencer Dunmore
Other media
"Reap the Whirlwind" (Traders), an episode of Traders
Reap the Whirlwind (adventure), a 1987 supplement for the RPG Marvel Super Heroes
Reap the Whirlwind, a 2013 publication for the roleplaying game Vampire: The Requiem.
"You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind", a voice line from the Terran Ghost unit from StarCraft: Brood War by Blizzard Entertainment
Reap the Whirlwind (Arthur Harris), Part of a speech by Sir Arthur Harris in June 1942 where he explained his bombing campaign against Nazi Germany.
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