Hosea 7:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They are flames destroying their leaders. And their kings are powerless; none of them trust me.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:18

When Zimri saw that the town was captured, he ran into the strongest part of the palace and killed himself by setting it on fire.

1 Kings 16:22

Omri's followers were stronger than Tibni's, so Tibni was killed, and Omri became king of Israel

2 Kings 10:14

“Take them alive!” Jehu said to his officers. So they grabbed them and led them to the well near the shepherds' meeting place, where they killed all forty-two of them.

2 Kings 10:7

And when these people read Jehu's second letter, they called together all seventy of Ahab's descendants. They killed them, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jezreel.

2 Kings 15:10

Shallum son of Jabesh plotted against Zechariah and killed him in public. Shallum then became king.

2 Kings 15:14

Menahem son of Gadi came to Samaria from Tirzah and killed him. Menahem then became king. The town of Tiphsah would not surrender to him, so he destroyed it and all the surrounding towns as far as Tirzah. He killed everyone living in Tiphsah, and with his sword he even ripped open pregnant women. Everything else Shallum did while he was king, including his plot against Zechariah, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.

2 Kings 15:25

Pekah son of Remaliah was Pekahiah's chief officer, but he made plans to kill the king. So he and fifty men from Gilead broke into the strongest part of the palace in Samaria and murdered Pekahiah, together with Argob and Arieh. Pekah then became king.

2 Kings 15:30

In the twentieth year of Jotham's rule in Judah, Hoshea son of Elah plotted against Pekah and murdered him. Hoshea then became king of Israel.

2 Kings 9:24

Jehu shot an arrow. It hit Joram between his shoulders, then it went through his heart and came out of his chest. He fell over dead in his chariot.

2 Kings 9:33

and Jehu shouted, “Throw her out of the window!” They threw her down, and her blood splattered on the walls and on the horses that trampled her body.

Job 36:13

Godless people are too angry to ask God for help when he punishes them.

Psalm 14:4

Won't you evil people learn? You refuse to pray, and you gobble up the LORD's people.

Isaiah 43:22

I, the LORD, said to Israel: You have become weary, but not from worshipping me.

Isaiah 64:4

You are the only God ever seen or heard of who works miracles for his followers.

Isaiah 64:6

We are unfit to worship you; each of our good deeds is merely a filthy rag. We dry up like leaves; our sins are storm winds sweeping us away.

Isaiah 64:7

No one worships in your name or remains faithful. You have turned your back on us and let our sins melt us away.

Isaiah 9:13

The people of Israel still did not turn back to the LORD All-Powerful and worship him.

Ezekiel 22:30

I looked for someone to defend the city and to protect it from my anger, as well as to stop me from destroying it. But I found no one.

Daniel 9:13

We have not escaped any of the terrible curses written by Moses, and yet we have refused to beg you for mercy and to remind ourselves of how faithful you have always been.

Hosea 13:10

You wanted a king and rulers. Where is your king now? What cities have rulers?

Hosea 5:15

Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.

Hosea 7:10

I am the LORD, their God, but in all their troubles their pride keeps them from returning to me.

Hosea 7:14

They don't really pray to me; they just howl in their beds. They have rejected me for Baal and slashed themselves, in the hope that Baal will bless their crops.

Hosea 8:4

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

Micah 2:1

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.