Hosea 10:11

Contemporary English Version 1995

Once you were obedient like a calf that loved to thresh grain. But I will put a harness on your beautiful neck; you and Judah must plow and cultivate the ground.

Cross References

Hosea 4:16

You are nothing more than a stubborn cow— so stubborn that I, the Lord, cannot feed you like lambs in an open pasture.

Jeremiah 50:11

People of Babylonia, you were glad to rob my people. You had a good time, making more noise than horses and jumping around like calves threshing grain.

Deuteronomy 25:4

Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing grain.

Romans 16:18

They want to serve themselves and not Christ the Lord. Their flattery and fancy talk fool people who don't know any better.

Hosea 11:4

I led them with kindness and with love, not with ropes. I held them close to me; I bent down to feed them.

Hosea 9:1

Israel, don't celebrate or make noisy shouts like other nations. You have been unfaithful to your God. Wherever grain is threshed, you behave like prostitutes because you enjoy the money you receive.

Hosea 3:1

Once again the Lord spoke to me. And this time he said, “Hosea, fall in love with an unfaithful woman who has a lover. Do this to show that I love the people of Israel, even though they worship idols and enjoy the offering cakes made with fruit.”

Hosea 2:5

Your mother was unfaithful. She was disgraceful and said, “I'll run after my lovers. Everything comes from them— my food and drink, my linen and wool, my olive oil and wine.”

Isaiah 28:24

Farmers don't just plow and break up the ground.

Jeremiah 46:20

An enemy from the north will attack you, beautiful Egypt, like a fly biting a cow.

Micah 4:13

Smash them to pieces, Zion! I'll let you be like a bull with iron horns and bronze hoofs. Crush those nations and bring their wealth to me, the Lord of the earth.