Hosea 10:11

God's Word

“Ephraim is like a trained calf that loves to thresh  grain. I will put a yoke  on its beautiful neck. I will harness Ephraim. Judah must plow. Jacob must break up the ground.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:24

Does a farmer go on plowing every day so he can plant? Does he continue to break up the soil and make furrows in the ground?

Jeremiah 28:14

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations so that they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. They will serve him! I will even make wild animals serve him.’ ”

Jeremiah 46:20

“Egypt is like a beautiful cow, but a horsefly from the north will attack it.

Jeremiah 50:11

“You are happy and excited. You have looted the people who belong to me. You dance around like calves on the grass and neigh like stallions.

Hosea 11:4

I led them with cords of human kindness, with ropes of love. I removed the yokes  from their necks. I bent down and fed them.

Hosea 2:5

Their mother acted like a prostitute. The woman who became pregnant with them did shameful things. She said, ‘I’ll chase after my lovers. They will give me food and water, wool and linen, olive oil and wine.’

Hosea 3:1

Then the Lord told me, “Love your wife again, even though she is loved by others and has committed adultery. Love her as I, the Lord, love the Israelites, even though they have turned to other gods and love to eat raisin cakes.”

Hosea 4:16

“The people of Israel are as stubborn as a bull. How can the Lord feed them like lambs in an open pasture?

Hosea 9:1

Israel, don’t rejoice. Don’t celebrate as other nations do. You have been unfaithful to your God. You have sold sex on every threshing floor.

Micah 4:13

Get up and thresh, people of Zion. I will make your horns as hard as iron and your hoofs as hard as bronze. You will smash many nations into small pieces. You will claim their loot for the Lord, their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.

Romans 16:18

People like these are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive unsuspecting people.

Deuteronomy 25:4

Never muzzle an ox when it’s threshing  grain.