Hosea 14:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ “Ashshur does not save us. We do not ride on horses, nor ever again do we say to the work of our hands, ‘Our mighty ones.’ For the fatherless finds compassion in You.”

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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.

Hosea 14:3 Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:7

And at that time Ḥ

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 146:3

Do not put your trust in princes, In a son of man, in whom is no deliverance.

Psalm 146:9

יהוה  guards the strangers, He lifts up the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wrong ones He turns upside down.

Psalm 33:17

A horse is a vain means of safety; Neither does it rescue any by its great power.

Psalm 68:5

Father of the fatherless, And Right-ruler of widows, Is Elohim in His set-apart dwelling.

Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees which you have desired. And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens which you have chosen.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and bats,

Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this the crookedness of Yaʽ

Isaiah 30:16

and you said, “No, for we flee upon horses,” therefore you flee! And, “We ride on swift horses,” therefore those who pursue you are swift!

Isaiah 30:2

who are setting out to go down to Mitsrayim, and have not asked My mouth, to be strengthened in the strength of Pharaoh, and to seek refuge in the shadow of Mitsrayim!

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Mitsrayim for help, and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but who do not look to the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 31:3

And the Mitsrites are men, and not Ě

Isaiah 36:8

“And now, I urge you, please give a pledge to my master the sovereign of Ashshur, and I give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to put riders on them!

Jeremiah 49:11

“Leave your fatherless children, let Me keep them alive. And let your widows trust in Me.”

Ezekiel 36:25

“And I shall sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean – from all your filthiness and from all your idols I cleanse you.

Ezekiel 37:23

“And they shall no longer defile themselves with their idols, nor with their disgusting matters, nor with any of their transgressions. And I shall save them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and I shall cleanse them. And they shall be My people, and I be their Elohim,

Hosea 12:1

Ephrayim is feeding on wind, and pursuing an east wind. All the day he increases falsehood and ruin. And they make a covenant with Ashshur, and oil is sent to Mitsrayim.

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves moulded images from their silver, idols according to their skill, all of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the men who slaughter kiss the calves!”

Hosea 14:8

“What more has Ephrayim to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after him. I am like a green cypress tree, your fruit comes from Me.”

Hosea 2:17

“And I shall remove the names of the Baʽ

Hosea 4:12

“My people ask from their Wood, and their Staff declares to them. For a spirit of whorings has led them astray, and they went whoring from under their Elohim.

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephrayim saw his sickness, and Yehuḏ

Hosea 7:11

“And Ephrayim has become a simple dove without heart, they have called on Mitsrayim, they have gone to Ashshur.

Hosea 8:6

“For from Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 8:9

“For they themselves have gone up to Ashshur. A wild donkey alone by itself is Ephrayim, they have hired lovers.

Jonah 2:10

Then יהוה  spoke to the fish, and it vomited Yonah on the dry land.

Zechariah 13:2

“And it shall be in that day,” declares יהוה  of hosts, “that I cut off the names of the idols from the earth, and they shall be remembered no more, and I shall also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the earth.

John 14:18

“I shall not leave you orphans – I am coming to you.

Deuteronomy 17:16

“Only, he is not to increase horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Mitsrayim to increase horses, for יהוה  has said to you, ‘Do not return that way again.’