Hosea 7:1
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Israel Has Rebelled Against God
7 “When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For (A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers [a]takes spoil outside.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1 plunders
Hosea 7:13
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13 “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!
Destruction to them,
Because they have transgressed against Me!
Though (A)I redeemed them,
Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
Hosea 6:4
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Impenitence of Israel and Judah
4 “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
Luke 19:42
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42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this (A)your day, the things that (B)make for your (C)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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Micah 7:3-7
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3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a (A)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
4 The best of them is (B)like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.
5 (C)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your (D)bosom.
6 For (E)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7 Therefore I will look to the Lord;
I will (F)wait for the God of my salvation;
My God will hear me.
Hosea 4:2
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2 By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [a]upon bloodshed.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching
Luke 13:34
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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)
34 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!
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Matthew 23:37
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Micah 6:16
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16 For the statutes of (A)Omri are (B)kept;
All the works of Ahab’s house are done;
And you walk in their counsels,
That I may make you a [a]desolation,
And your inhabitants a hissing.
Therefore you shall bear the (C)reproach of [b]My people.”
Footnotes
- Micah 6:16 Or object of horror
- Micah 6:16 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX nations
Hosea 11:12-12:1
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God’s Charge Against Ephraim
12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the [a]Holy One who is faithful.
Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God
12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [b]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [c]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:12 Or holy ones
- Hosea 12:1 ruin
- Hosea 12:1 Or treaty
Hosea 10:5
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5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear
Because of the (A)calf[a] of Beth Aven.
For its people mourn for it,
And [b]its priests shriek for it—
Because its (B)glory has departed from it.
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Lit. calves, images
- Hosea 10:5 idolatrous priests
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 8:5
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5 Your [a]calf [b]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(A)How long until they attain to innocence?
Hosea 6:8-10
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8 (A)Gilead is a city of evildoers
And [a]defiled with blood.
9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of (B)priests (C)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit (D)lewdness.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
There is the [b]harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.
Footnotes
- Hosea 6:8 Lit. foot-tracked
- Hosea 6:10 Spiritual adultery
Hosea 5:1
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Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah
5 “Hear this, O priests!
Take heed, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For [a]yours is the judgment,
Because (A)you have been a snare to Mizpah
And a net spread on Tabor.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:1 Or to you
Hosea 4:17
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17 “Ephraim is joined to idols,
(A)Let him alone.
Ezekiel 23:4
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4 Their names: [a]Oholah the elder and [b]Oholibah (A)her sister;
(B)They were Mine,
And they bore sons and daughters.
As for their names,
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 23:4 Lit. Her Own Tabernacle
- Ezekiel 23:4 Lit. My Tabernacle Is in Her
Ezekiel 16:46
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46 “Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells with her daughters to the north of you; and (A)your younger sister, who dwells to the south of you, is Sodom and her daughters.
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Jeremiah 51:9
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9 We would have healed Babylon,
But she is not healed.
Forsake her, and (A)let us go everyone to his own country;
(B)For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.
Jeremiah 9:2-6
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2 Oh, that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place for travelers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For (A)they are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.
3 “And like their bow (B)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from (C)evil to evil,
And they (D)do not know Me,” says the Lord.
4 “Everyone(E) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (F)walk with slanderers.
5 Everyone will (G)deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:4 friend
Isaiah 59:12
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12 For our (A)transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And as for our iniquities, we know them:
Isaiah 28:1
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Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the [a]verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:1 Lit. valleys of fatness
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