Hosea 6:4

Conservative English Version

People of Israel and Judah, what can I do with you? Your love for me disappears more quickly than mist or dew at sunrise.

Cross References

Jeremiah 3:10

And worst of all, the people of Judah pretended to come back to me.

Jeremiah 3:19

I have always wanted to treat you as my children and give you the best land, the most beautiful on earth. I wanted you to call me "Father" and not turn from me.

Jeremiah 34:15

but you decided to obey me and do the right thing by setting your Hebrew slaves completely free. You even went to my temple, and in my name you made an agreement to set them free. But you have abused my name, because you broke your agreement and forced your former slaves back into slavery.

Jeremiah 5:23

You stubborn people have rebelled and turned your backs on me.

Jeremiah 5:7

People of Judah, how can I forgive you? I gave you everything, but you abandoned me and worshiped idols. You men go to prostitutes and are unfaithful to your wives.

Jeremiah 5:9

Why shouldn't I punish the people of Judah?

Jeremiah 9:7

And so I will purify the hearts of my people just as gold is purified in a furnace. I have no other choice.

Hosea 11:8

Israel, I can't let you go. I can't give you up. How could I possibly destroy you as I did the towns of Admah and Zeboiim? I just can't do it. My feelings for you are much too strong.

Hosea 13:3

And so, all of you will vanish like the mist or the dew of early morning, or husks of grain in the wind or smoke from a chimney.

Hosea 7:1

and to heal its wounds. But then I see the crimes in Israel and Samaria. Everyone is deceitful; robbers roam the streets.

Matthew 13:21

But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

Judges 3:12

Once more the Israelites started disobeying the LORD. So he let them be defeated by King Eglon of Moab,