Hosea 10:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You were a healthy vine covered with grapes. But the more grapes you grew, the more altars you built; the better off you became, the better shrines you set up for pagan gods.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

They also built their own local shrines and stone images of foreign gods, and they set up sacred poles for worshipping the goddess Asherah on every hill and in the shade of large trees.

Jeremiah 11:17

I am the LORD All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots.

Jeremiah 2:28

Go and cry to the gods you made! There should be enough of them to save you, because Judah has as many gods as it has towns.

Hosea 12:11

Gilead is terribly sinful and will end up ruined. Bulls are sacrificed in Gilgal on altars made of stones, but those stones will be scattered in every field.

Hosea 12:8

You say to yourself, “I'm rich! I earned it all on my own, without committing a sin.”

Hosea 13:15

No matter how much you prosper more than the other tribes, I, the LORD, will wipe you out, just as a scorching desert wind dries up streams of water. I will take away your precious treasures.

Hosea 13:2

Now you continue to sin by designing and making idols of silver in the shape of calves. You are told to sacrifice to these idols— yes, even to kiss them.

Hosea 13:6

I fed you till you were satisfied, then you became proud and forgot about me.

Hosea 2:10

Then I'll strip her naked in the sight of her lovers. No one can rescue her.

Hosea 2:8

She didn't know that her grain, wine, and olive oil were gifts from me, as were the gold and silver she used in worshipping Baal.

Hosea 3:4

It will also be a long time before Israel has a king or before sacrifices are offered at the temple or before there is any way to get guidance from God.

Hosea 4:7

By adding more of you priests, you multiply the number of people who sin. Now I'll change your pride into shame.

Hosea 8:11

Israel, you have built many altars where you offer sacrifices for sin. But these altars have become places for sin.

Hosea 8:4

You chose kings and leaders without consulting me; you made silver and gold idols that led to your downfall.

Leviticus 26:1

I am the LORD your God! So don't make or worship any sort of idols or images.

Nahum 2:2

Judah and Israel are like trees with branches broken by their enemies. But the LORD is going to restore their power and glory.

2 Corinthians 5:16

We are careful not to judge people by what they seem to be, though we once judged Christ in that way.

Philippians 2:21

The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus.