Hosea 14:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more to the work of our hands [idols], You are our gods. For in You [O Lord] the fatherless find love, pity, and mercy.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Common English Bible

³ Assyria won’t save us; we won’t ride upon horses; we will no longer say, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds compassion.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Take these words with you and return to the Lord. And say to him, "Remove all iniquity and accept the good. And we will repay the calves of our lips.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.

Hosea 14:3 Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:7

At that time the seer Hanani came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Aram and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped you.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief, that you may take it into your hands; the helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 146:3

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Psalm 33:17

The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.

Psalm 68:5

Father of orphans and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Isaiah 1:29

For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted, and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.

Isaiah 2:20

On that day people will throw away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship,

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces; no sacred poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Isaiah 30:16

and said, “No! We will flee upon horses”— therefore you shall flee! and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”— therefore your pursuers shall be swift!

Isaiah 30:2

who set out to go down to Egypt without asking for my counsel, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and the one helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

Isaiah 36:8

Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave your orphans; I will keep them alive, and let your widows trust in me.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Ezekiel 37:23

They shall never again defile themselves with their idols and their detestable things or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all the apostasies into which they have fallen and will cleanse them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim herds the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Hosea 13:2

And now they keep on sinning and make a cast image for themselves, idols of silver made according to their understanding, all of them the work of artisans. “Sacrifice to these,” they say. People are kissing calves!

Hosea 14:8

O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; your fruit comes from me.

Hosea 2:17

For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more.

Hosea 4:12

My people consult a piece of wood, and their divining rod gives them oracles. For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have prostituted themselves, forsaking their God.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim has become like a dove, silly and without sense; they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Hosea 8:6

For it is from Israel, an artisan made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; Ephraim has bargained for lovers.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.

Zechariah 13:2

On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more, and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.

Deuteronomy 17:16

Even so, he must not acquire many horses for himself or return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You must never return that way again.’