Hosea 9:12
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12 Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them until no one is left.
Woe to them indeed
when I depart from them!(A)
Hosea 7:13
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13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
I would redeem them,
but they speak lies against me.(A)
Hosea 9:16
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16 Ephraim is stricken,
their root is dried up,
they shall bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
I will kill the cherished offspring of their womb.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:25
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25 In the street the sword shall bereave,
and in the chambers terror
for young man and woman alike,
nursing child and old gray head.(A)
Deuteronomy 31:17
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17 My anger will be kindled against them on that day. I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become easy prey, and many terrible troubles will come upon them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these troubles come upon us because our God is not in our midst?’(A)
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Hosea 9:13
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13 Once I saw Ephraim as a young palm planted in a lovely meadow,[a]
but now Ephraim must lead out his children for slaughter.(A)
Footnotes
- 9.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Hosea 9:5-6
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5 What will you do on the day of appointed festival
and on the day of the festival of the Lord?(A)
6 For even if they escape destruction,
Egypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver;[a]
thorns shall be in their tents.(B)
Footnotes
- 9.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Lamentations 2:20
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20 Look, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have you done this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children they have borne?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?(A)
Jeremiah 16:3-4
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3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place and concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who father them in this land:(A) 4 They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried; they shall become like dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall become food for the birds of the air and for the wild animals of the earth.(B)
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Jeremiah 15:7
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7 I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork
in the gates of the land;
I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people;
they did not turn from their ways.(A)
Job 27:14
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14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and their offspring have not enough to eat.(A)
2 Kings 17:23
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23 until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had foretold through all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.
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2 Kings 17:18
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18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah alone.(A)
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