Discovery Box| (1.00) | Hos 9:4 |
| They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Hos 9:5 |
| So what will you do on the festival day, on the festival days of the Lord? |
| (1.00) | Hos 9:8 |
| The prophet 1 is a watchman 2 over Ephraim 3 on behalf of God, 4 yet traps 5 are laid for him along all of his paths; 6 animosity rages against him in the land 7 of his God. |
| (1.00) | Hos 9:9 |
| They have sunk deep into corruption 1 as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins. |
| (1.00) | Hos 9:10 |
| When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors 1 like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame – they became as detestable as what they loved. |
| (1.00) | Hos 10:1 |
| Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. 1 As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars. |
| (1.00) | Hos 10:2 |
| Their heart is slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord 1 will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars. |
| (1.00) | Hos 10:4 |
| They 1 utter empty words, 2 taking 3 false oaths and making empty 4 agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds 5 in the furrows of a plowed field. |
| (1.00) | Hos 10:5 |
| The inhabitants 1 of Samaria will lament 2 over the calf idol 3 of Beth Aven. 4 Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail 5 over it, 6 because its splendor will be taken from them 7 into exile. |
| (1.00) | Hos 10:6 |
| Even the calf idol 1 will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. 2 Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because 3 of its wooden idol. 4 |
| (1.00) | Hos 10:10 |
| When I please, 1 I will discipline them; 2 I will gather nations together to attack them, 3 to bind them in chains 4 for their two sins. 5 |
| (1.00) | Hos 10:11 |
| Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yoke 1 on her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! 2 Let Jacob break up 3 the unplowed ground for himself! |
| (1.00) | Hos 11:2 |
| But the more I summoned 1 them, the farther they departed from me. 2 They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images. |
| (1.00) | Hos 11:11 |
| They will return in fear and trembling 1 like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Hos 11:12 |
| (12:1) 1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies; the house of Israel has surrounded me 2 with deceit. But Judah still roams about with 3 God; he remains faithful to the Holy One. |
| (1.00) | Hos 12:4 |
| He struggled 1 with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God 2 at Bethel, 3 and there he spoke with him! 4 |
| (1.00) | Hos 12:8 |
| Ephraim boasts, 1 “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! 2 In all that I have done to gain my wealth, 3 no one can accuse me of any offense 4 that is actually sinful.” 5 |
| (1.00) | Hos 12:9 |
| “I am the Lord your God 1 who brought you 2 out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old. 3 |
| (1.00) | Hos 12:10 |
| I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; 1 I spoke in parables 2 through 3 the prophets.” |
| (1.00) | Hos 12:11 |
| Is there idolatry 1 in Gilead? 2 Certainly its inhabitants 3 will come to nothing! 4 Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field! |
