Hosea 9:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

Israel, when I, the Lord, found you long ago it was like finding grapes in a barren desert or tender young figs. Then you worshiped Baal Peor, that disgusting idol, and you became as disgusting as the idol you loved.

Cross References

Hosea 4:14

But I won't punish them. You men are to blame, because you go to prostitutes and offer sacrifices with them at pagan shrines. Your own foolishness will lead to your ruin.

Micah 7:1

I feel so empty inside— like someone starving for grapes or figs, after the vines and trees have all been picked clean.

Hosea 2:15

I will return your vineyards, and then Trouble Valley will become Hopeful Valley. You will say “Yes” to me as you did in your youth, when leaving Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:8

but they still rebelled against me. They refused to listen and kept on worshiping their idols and foreign gods. In my anger, I decided to punish the Israelites in Egypt.

Amos 4:5

Bring offerings to show me how thankful you are. Gladly bring more offerings than I have demanded. You really love to do this. I, the Lord God, have spoken!

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.

Jeremiah 31:2

In the desert I was kind to those who escaped death. I gave them peace, and when the time is right, I'll do the same for you. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Isaiah 28:4

Samaria above a fertile valley will quickly lose its glory. It will be gobbled up like the first ripe fig at harvest season.

Psalm 81:12

So I let you be stubborn and keep on following your own advice.

1 Kings 16:31

He acted just like Jeroboam. Even worse, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon and started worshiping Baal.

Judges 6:32

That same day, Joash changed Gideon's name to Jerubbaal, explaining, “He tore down Baal's altar, so let Baal take revenge himself.”

Deuteronomy 32:17

You offered sacrifices to demons, those useless gods that never helped you, new gods that your ancestors never worshiped.

Deuteronomy 32:10

Israel, the Lord discovered you in a barren desert filled with howling winds. God became your fortress, protecting you as though you were his own eyes.

Deuteronomy 4:3

You saw how he killed everyone who worshiped the god Baal Peor.

Numbers 15:39

These will remind you that you must obey my laws and teachings. And when you do, you will be dedicated to me and won't follow your own sinful desires.

Romans 6:21

But what good did you receive from the things you did? All you have to show for them is your shame, and they lead to death.

Psalm 115:8

Everyone who made the idols and all who trust them are just as helpless as those useless gods.

Jeremiah 3:24

Since the days of our ancestors when our nation was young, that shameful god Baal has taken our crops and livestock, our sons and daughters.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket was full of very good figs that ripened early, and the other was full of rotten figs that were not fit to eat.

Hosea 4:18

You get drunk, then sleep with prostitutes; you would rather be vulgar than lead a decent life.

Numbers 18:13

And the first part of the crops from their fields and vineyards also belongs to you. The people will offer this to me, then anyone in your family who is clean may have some of it.

2 Kings 17:11

They offered sacrifices at the shrines, just as the foreign nations had done before the Lord forced them out of Israel. They did sinful things that made the Lord very angry.

Song of Solomon 3:6

What do we see approaching from the desert like a cloud of smoke? With it comes the sweet smell of spices, including myrrh and frankincense.

Jeremiah 3:25

We have rebelled against you just like our ancestors, and we are ashamed of our sins.”

Hosea 13:5

I took care of you in a thirsty desert.