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Hosea 13:11When Ephraim spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 11:2Gen 2:17Josh 3:7Luke 14:11Num 27:16-231 Kgs 12:251 Kgs 16:29-331 Kgs 18:18-191 Sam 15:172 Kgs 17:16-18
Hosea 13:22Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen. There is a saying about them: “Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:18Isa 46:6Hos 2:8Isa 44:17-20Jer 10:4Hab 2:18-192 Tim 3:13Rom 1:22-25Rom 11:41 Sam 10:1
Hosea 13:33Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open window.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 6:4Ps 1:4Ps 68:2Dan 2:35Isa 17:13Isa 41:15-16Ps 83:12-17
Hosea 13:44But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me. Except for me there is no Savior.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 45:21-22Hos 12:9Exod 20:2-3Isa 43:10-13Isa 43:3Acts 4:12Isa 44:6-8Ps 81:9-10
Hosea 13:55I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:10Deut 2:7Deut 8:15Gal 4:9Ps 142:3Exod 2:25Nah 1:7Ps 63:11 Cor 8:3Jer 2:2
Hosea 13:66When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:13-15Deut 8:12-14Deut 32:18Deut 6:10-12Neh 9:35Ps 10:4Hos 10:1Hos 2:13Hos 8:4Isa 17:10
Hosea 13:77So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 5:14Jer 5:6Lam 3:10Amos 1:2Amos 3:4Amos 3:8Isa 42:13
Hosea 13:88I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs— I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion— like a wild animal would tear them apart.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:8Isa 5:29Amos 9:1-3Isa 56:9Jer 12:9Prov 17:12Ps 50:22Ps 80:13
Hosea 13:99I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 2:17Jer 2:19Deut 33:26Deut 33:29Hos 14:1Isa 3:11Jer 5:25Prov 6:32Ps 121:1-2Ps 146:5
Hosea 13:1010Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying, “Give me a king and princes”?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 8:41 Sam 8:5-6Hos 10:3Zech 14:91 Kgs 12:201 Sam 12:11-121 Sam 8:19-202 Kgs 17:4Deut 32:37-39Hos 13:4
Hosea 13:1111I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:191 Sam 16:1Prov 28:21 Kgs 12:15-161 Kgs 12:26-321 Kgs 14:7-161 Sam 12:131 Sam 15:22-231 Sam 31:1-71 Sam 8:7-9
Hosea 13:1212The punishment of Ephraim has been decreed; his punishment is being stored up for the future.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:34-35Job 14:17Rom 2:5Job 21:19
Hosea 13:1313The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 37:3Isa 13:8Isa 26:172 Kgs 19:3Mic 4:9-10Ps 48:61 Thess 5:3Isa 66:9Jer 22:23Jer 4:31
Hosea 13:1414Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 25:81 Cor 15:52-57Rev 21:4Isa 26:19Jas 1:17Ps 49:151 Cor 15:21-22Ps 30:31 Sam 15:29Ezek 37:11-14
Hosea 13:1515Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 19:12Ezek 17:10Gen 41:52Gen 48:19Gen 49:22Jer 4:11Dan 11:8Deut 33:17Hos 10:1Hos 4:19
Hosea 13:1616(14:1) Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to the ground— their pregnant women will be ripped open.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:162 Kgs 8:12Isa 13:16Ps 137:8-9Amos 1:13Nah 3:102 Kgs 17:182 Kgs 17:62 Kgs 19:9-11Amos 3:9-4:1
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