Hosea 9:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Psalm 73:27

Powerful LORD God, all who stay far from you will be lost, and you will destroy those who are unfaithful.

Isaiah 17:11

The plants may sprout and blossom that very same morning, but it will do you no good, because you will suffer endless agony.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own sins will punish you, because it was a bitter mistake for you to reject me without fear of punishment. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken.

Jeremiah 2:20

Long ago you left me and broke all ties between us, refusing to be my servant. Now you worship other gods by having sex on hilltops or in the shade of large trees.

Jeremiah 44:17

We have promised to worship the goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We will burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah. We had plenty of food back then. We were well off, and nothing bad ever happened to us.

Lamentations 4:21

You people of Edom can celebrate now! But your time will come to suffer and stagger around naked.

Ezekiel 16:15

You learnt that you were attractive enough to have any man you wanted, so you offered yourself to every passer-by.

Ezekiel 16:30

I, the LORD God, say that you were so disgusting that you would have done anything to get what you wanted.

Ezekiel 20:32

They may think they can be like other nations and get away with worshipping idols made of wood and stone. But that will never happen!

Hosea 10:5

All who live in Samaria tremble with concern for the idols at sinful Bethel. The idol there was the pride of the priests, but it has been put to shame; now everyone will cry.

Hosea 2:12

She said, “My lovers gave me vineyards and fig trees as payment for sex.” Now I, the LORD, will ruin her vineyards and fig trees; they will become clumps of weeds eaten by wild animals.

Hosea 4:12

You expect wooden idols and other objects of wood to give you advice. Lusting for sex at pagan shrines has made you unfaithful to me, your God.

Hosea 5:4

Your evil deeds are the reason you won't return to me, your LORD God. And your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.

Hosea 5:7

You have been unfaithful to me, your LORD; you have had children by prostitutes. So at the New Moon Festival, you and your crops will be destroyed.

Amos 3:2

Of all nations on earth, you are the only one I have chosen. That's why I will punish you because of your sins.

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!

Amos 6:13

You celebrate the defeat of Lo-Debar and Karnaim, and you boast by saying, “We did it on our own.”

Amos 8:10

Your festivals and joyful singing will turn into sorrow. You will wear sackcloth and shave your heads, as you would at the death of your only son. It will be a horrible day.

James 4:16

Yet you are stupid enough to boast, and it is wrong to be so proud.

James 5:1

You rich people should cry and weep! Terrible things are going to happen to you.