Hosea 14:3
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3 Assyria shall (A)not save us,
(B)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(C)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
Psalm 10:14
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14 But You have (A)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless (B)commits[a] himself to You;
(C)You are the helper of the fatherless.
Footnotes
- Psalm 10:14 Lit. leaves, entrusts
Psalm 68:5
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5 (A)A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Psalm 33:17
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Footnotes
- Psalm 33:17 false
John 14:18
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18 (A)I will not leave you orphans; (B)I will come to you.
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Hosea 14:8
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8 “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
I have heard and observed him.
I am like a green cypress tree;
(A)Your fruit is found in Me.”
Hosea 5:13
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13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his (A)wound,
Then Ephraim went (B)to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.
Hosea 2:17
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17 For (A)I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
Isaiah 31:1
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The Folly of Not Trusting God
31 Woe to those (A)who go down to Egypt for help,
And (B)rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
(C)Nor seek the Lord!
Isaiah 30:16
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16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
Zechariah 13:2
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2 “It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will (A)cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause (B)the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.
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Micah 5:10-14
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10 “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
“That I will (A)cut[a] off your (B)horses from your midst
And destroy your (C)chariots.
11 I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds.
12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you shall have no (D)soothsayers.
13 (E)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall (F)no more worship the work of your hands;
14 I will pluck your [b]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.
Footnotes
- Micah 5:10 destroy
- Micah 5:14 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
Hosea 12:1
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Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God
12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:1 ruin
- Hosea 12:1 Or treaty
Hosea 8:9
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9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (A)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (B)has hired lovers.
Hosea 8:6
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6 For from Israel is even this:
A (A)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
Hosea 7:11
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Futile Reliance on the Nations
11 “Ephraim(A) also is like a silly dove, without [a]sense—
(B)They call to Egypt,
They go to (C)Assyria.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart
Ezekiel 43:7-9
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7 And He said to me, “Son of man, this is (A)the place of My throne and (B)the place of the soles of My feet, (C)where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. (D)No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their [a]harlotry or with (E)the carcasses of their kings on their high places. 8 (F)When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. 9 Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
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- Ezekiel 43:7 Unfaithful idolatry
Ezekiel 37:23
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23 (A)They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but (B)I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
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Ezekiel 36:25
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25 (A)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (B)from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
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Jeremiah 31:18-22
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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:
‘You have (A)chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained bull;
(B)Restore me, and I will return,
For You are the Lord my God.
19 Surely, (C)after my turning, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh;
I was (D)ashamed, yes, even humiliated,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(E)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(F)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
21 “Set up signposts,
Make landmarks;
(G)Set your heart toward the highway,
The way in which you went.
[b]Turn back, O virgin of Israel,
Turn back to these your cities.
22 How long will you (H)gad about,
O you (I)backsliding daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman shall encompass a man.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts
- Jeremiah 31:21 Or Return
Isaiah 36:8
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8 Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them!
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Isaiah 31:3
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3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out His hand,
Both he who helps will fall,
And he who is helped will fall down;
They all will perish (A)together.
Isaiah 30:2
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2 (A)Who walk to go down to Egypt,
And (B)have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 27:9
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9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;
And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:
When he makes all the stones of the altar
Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust,
[a]Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:9 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
Isaiah 2:20
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20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver
And his idols of gold,
Which they made, each for himself to worship,
To the moles and bats,
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