Hosea 14:3

God's Word

Assyria cannot save us. We won’t ride on horses anymore. We will never again say that the things our hands have made are our gods. You love orphans.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:7

At that time the seer  Hanani came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “Because you depended on the king of Syria and did not depend on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped your grasp.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen ⌞it⌟; yes, you have taken note of trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

Psalm 146:3

Do not trust influential people, mortals who cannot help you.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects foreigners. The Lord gives relief to orphans and widows. But he keeps wicked people from reaching their goal.

Psalm 33:17

Horses are not a guarantee for victory. Their great strength cannot help someone escape.

Psalm 68:5

The God who is in his holy dwelling place is the father of the fatherless and the defender of widows.

Isaiah 1:29

You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship and embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.

Isaiah 2:20

On that day people will throw to the moles and the bats the silver and gold idols that they made for themselves to worship.

Isaiah 27:9

In this way the wrongdoings of the descendants of Jacob are covered up. This is the way they will turn from their sins— when they turn all the altar stones into powdered chalk and no poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah or incense altars are left standing.

Isaiah 30:16

You’ve said, “No, we’ll flee on horses.” So you flee. You’ve added, “We’ll ride on fast horses.” So those who chase you will also be fast.

Isaiah 30:2

They go to Egypt without asking me. They look for shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and look for refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

Isaiah 31:1

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who depend on many chariots, who depend on very strong war horses. They don’t look to the Holy One of Israel. They don’t seek the Lord.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are humans, not gods. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. When the Lord uses his powerful hand, the one who gives help will stumble, and the one who receives help will fall. Both will die together.

Isaiah 36:8

“Now, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you can put riders on them.

Jeremiah 49:11

“Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive. Your widows can trust me.”

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean  instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.

Ezekiel 37:23

They will no longer dishonor themselves with their idols, with their detestable things, or with their rebellious acts. I will forgive them for all the times they turned away from me and sinned. I will cleanse them so that they will be my people, and I will be their God.

Hosea 12:1

The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind and try to chase the east wind all day. They are very violent and destructive. They make treaties with Assyria and take olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 13:2

They keep on sinning more and more. They make idols from silver for themselves. These idols are skillfully made. All of them are the work of craftsmen. People say this about the Israelites: “They offer human sacrifices and kiss calf-shaped idols.”

Hosea 14:8

“The people of Ephraim will have nothing more to do with idols. I will answer them and take care of them. I am like a growing pine tree. Their fruit comes from me.”

Hosea 2:17

I won’t allow her to say the names of other gods called Baal. She will never again call out their names.

Hosea 4:12

My people ask their wooden idols for help. A piece of wood tells them what to do. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray. They commit adultery by giving themselves to other gods.

Hosea 5:13

“When Ephraim saw that he was sick and when Judah saw his own wounds, Ephraim went to Assyria to ask the great king for help. But the king couldn’t cure them or heal their wounds.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim, you are like a silly, senseless dove. You call for Egypt and run to Assyria for help.

Hosea 8:6

Samaria’s calf-shaped idol was made in Israel. Skilled workers made it. It is not a god. It will be smashed to pieces.

Hosea 8:9

“The people of Israel went to Assyria. They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the shore.

Zechariah 13:2

“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will wipe away the names of the idols from the land. They will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the ⌞false⌟ prophets and the unclean  spirit from the land.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you.

Deuteronomy 17:16

The king must never own a large number of horses or make the people return to Egypt to get more horses. The Lord has told you, “You will never go back there again.”