Hosea 7:16

God's Word

They don’t return to the Most High. They are like a defective bow. Their officials will die in battle because they curse. The people in Egypt will ridicule them for this.

Cross References

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off every flattering lip and every bragging tongue

Psalm 12:4

that has said, “We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?”

Psalm 12:5

“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

Psalm 17:10

They have shut out all feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue makes up threats. It’s like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is surrounded by lions. I must lie down with man-eating lions. Their teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 73:9

They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.

Psalm 78:37

Their hearts were not loyal to him. They were not faithful to his promise.

Psalm 78:57

They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and what they do is against the Lord. They are defiant in his honored presence.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Let’s plot against Jeremiah, because the teachings of the priests, the advice of wise people, and the word of the prophets won’t disappear. Accuse him! Pay no attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 3:10

Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister Judah didn’t wholeheartedly come back to me. She was deceitful,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: As my anger and my fury were poured out on those who live in Jerusalem, so my fury will be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become a curse word. You will become something ridiculed, cursed, and disgraced. You won’t see this place again.

Ezekiel 23:32

This is what the Almighty Lord says: You will drink from your sister’s cup, a cup that is deep and wide. You will be scorned and mocked, because this cup holds so much.

Ezekiel 36:20

But wherever they went among the nations, they dishonored my holy name. People said about them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, yet they had to leave his land.’

Daniel 7:25

He will speak against the Most High God, oppress the holy people of the Most High, and plan to change the appointed times and laws. The holy people will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half of a time.

Hosea 11:5

“They will not return to Egypt. Instead, Assyria will rule them because they have refused to return to me.

Hosea 11:7

My people are determined to turn away from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will not pardon them.

Hosea 6:4

“What should I do with you, Ephraim? What should I do with you, Judah? Your love is like fog in the morning. It disappears as quickly as the morning dew.

Hosea 7:13

“How horrible it will be for these people. They have run away from me. They must be destroyed because they’ve rebelled against me. I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me.

Hosea 9:3

The people of Ephraim won’t stay in the Lord’s land. They will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean  food in Assyria.

Hosea 9:4

They won’t pour wine offerings to the Lord, and their sacrifices won’t please him. Their sacrifices will be like the food that mourners eat. All who eat this food will be unclean. Their food will only satisfy their hunger. It will not be brought ⌞as an offering⌟ to the Lord’s temple.

Hosea 9:6

Even if they escape without being destroyed, Egypt will capture them and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures. Thorns will grow over their tents.

Malachi 3:13

“You have used harsh words against me,” says the Lord. “You ask, ‘How have we spoken against you?’

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It’s pointless to serve God. What do we gain if we meet his standards or if we walk around feeling sorry for what we’ve done?

Matthew 12:36

“I can guarantee that on judgment day people will have to give an account of every careless word they say.

Luke 8:13

Some people are like seeds on rocky soil. They welcome the word with joy whenever they hear it, but they don’t develop any roots. They believe for a while, but when their faith is tested, they abandon it.

James 3:5

In the same way the tongue is a small part of the body, but it can brag about doing important things. A large forest can be set on fire by a little flame.

2 Peter 2:8

Although he was a man who had God’s approval, he lived among the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Each day was like torture to him as he saw and heard the immoral things that people did.

Revelation 13:5

The beast was allowed to speak arrogant and insulting things. It was given authority to act for 42 months.