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Hosea 9:1
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Hosea 9:1
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Hosea Announces Israel’s Punishment
9 O people of Israel,
do not rejoice as other nations do.
For you have been unfaithful to your God,
hiring yourselves out like prostitutes,
worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
Hosea 9:1
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Hosea 9:1
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Punishment for Israel
Hosea 10:5
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Hosea 10:5
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5 The people of Samaria tremble in fear
for their calf idol at Beth-aven,[a]
and they mourn for it.
Though its priests rejoice over it,
its glory will be stripped away.[b]
Hosea 10:5
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Hosea 10:5
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Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
Hosea 4:12
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Hosea 4:12
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12 They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.
Jeremiah 44:17
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Jeremiah 44:17
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17 We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
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Jeremiah 44:17
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Jeremiah 44:17
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17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(A) We will burn incense(B) to the Queen of Heaven(C) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(D) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(E) At that time we had plenty of food(F) and were well off and suffered no harm.(G)
James 5:1
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James 5:1
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Warning to the Rich
5 Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
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James 5:1
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James 5:1
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you.
James 4:16
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James 4:16
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16 Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.
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James 4:16
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James 4:16
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16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(A)
Amos 6:13
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Amos 6:13
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13 And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar.[a]
You boast, “Didn’t we take Karnaim[b] by our own strength?”
Amos 6:6-7
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Amos 6:6-7
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6 You drink wine by the bowlful
and perfume yourselves with fragrant lotions.
You care nothing about the ruin of your nation.[a]
7 Therefore, you will be the first to be led away as captives.
Suddenly, all your parties will end.
Footnotes
- 6:6 Hebrew of Joseph.
Amos 3:2
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Amos 3:2
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2 “From among all the families on the earth,
I have been intimate with you alone.
That is why I must punish you
for all your sins.”
Amos 3:2
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Amos 3:2
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Hosea 5:7
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Hosea 5:7
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7 They have betrayed the honor of the Lord,
bearing children that are not his.
Now their false religion will devour them
along with their wealth.[a]
Footnotes
- 5:7 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Hosea 5:4
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Hosea 5:4
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4 Your deeds won’t let you return to your God.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know the Lord.
Hosea 5:4
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Hosea 5:4
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Hosea 2:12
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Hosea 2:12
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12 I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees,
things she claims her lovers gave her.
I will let them grow into tangled thickets,
where only wild animals will eat the fruit.
Ezekiel 21:10
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Ezekiel 21:10
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10 It is sharpened for terrible slaughter
and polished to flash like lightning!
Now will you laugh?
Those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power![a]
Footnotes
- 21:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Ezekiel 21:10
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Ezekiel 21:10
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10 sharpened for the slaughter,(A)
polished to flash like lightning!
“‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.(B)
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