Hosea 9:13

God's Word

I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But the people of Ephraim will bring out their children to be killed.”

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, everyone there, and its territory. Because the city didn’t open its gates for him, he attacked it and ripped open all its pregnant women.

Job 27:14

If he has many children, swords will kill them, and his descendants won’t have enough food.

Jeremiah 7:15

I will force you out of my sight as I forced out all your relatives, all of Ephraim’s descendants.’

Jeremiah 9:21

Death has come through our windows and entered our palaces. Death has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the marketplaces.

Lamentations 2:22

You have invited those who terrorize me on every side, as though they were invited to a festival. No one escaped or survived on the day of the Lord’s anger. My enemy has murdered the children I nursed and raised.”

Ezekiel 27:3

Tyre is the city at the entrance to the sea. It is the merchant to the nations. Say to Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Tyre, you used to brag about your perfect beauty.

Hosea 10:14

So your army will hear the noise of battle. All your fortresses will be destroyed like the time Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle. Mothers and their children were smashed to death.

Hosea 13:16

The people of Samaria are guilty as charged because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed in war, their children will be smashed to death, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Hosea 13:8

Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you. I will rip you open. Like a lion I will devour you. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.

Hosea 9:16

“The people of Ephraim are like sick plants. Their roots are dried up. They have no fruit. Even if they were to have children, I would kill their dear children.”

Amos 7:17

“However, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Your land will be surveyed and divided up, and you will die in an unclean  land. Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”