Hosea 9:7

God's Word

The time for them to be punished will come. The time for them to pay for their sins will come. ⌞When this happens,⌟ Israel will know it. ⌞They think that⌟ prophets are fools and that spiritual people are crazy. They have sinned a lot, and they are very hostile.

Cross References

2 Kings 9:11

Jehu came out to his master’s officials. One of them asked him, “Is everything alright? Why did this lunatic come to you?” He answered, “You know the man and the kind of things he says.”

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day you are called to account ⌞for these things⌟, when the disaster comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, your power is visible, but they do not see it. They will see how devoted your people are, and they will be put to shame. Your burning anger will destroy your enemies.

Isaiah 34:8

The Lord will have a day of vengeance, a year of revenge in defense of Zion.

Isaiah 44:25

I cause the signs of false prophets to fail and make fools of fortunetellers. I make wise men retreat and turn their knowledge into foolishness.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worthless jokes. When they are punished, they disappear.

Jeremiah 11:23

I will bring a disaster on the people of Anathoth. It will be a year of punishment. There will be no survivors.

Jeremiah 16:18

First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols.”

Jeremiah 23:13

“⌞Say this⌟ about the prophets of Samaria: I saw something disgusting. The prophets of Samaria prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.

Jeremiah 25:14

Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon, and I will pay them back for what they have done.”

Jeremiah 29:26

The Lord made you priest instead of Jehoiada so that there would be officials for the Lord’s temple. You should put any lunatic who acts like a prophet in prison and in shackles.

Jeremiah 46:21

Egypt’s hired soldiers are like fattened calves. They will turn and run away together. They won’t stand their ground. The day of destruction is coming. At that time they will be punished.

Jeremiah 6:14

They treat my people’s wounds as though they were not serious, saying, ‘Everything is alright! Everything is alright!’ But it’s not alright.

Jeremiah 8:11

They treat my dear people’s wounds as though they were not serious, saying, “Everything is alright! Everything is alright!” But it’s not alright.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets saw misleading visions about you. They painted a good picture of you. They didn’t expose your guilt in order to make things better again. They gave you false prophecies that misled you.

Ezekiel 13:10

“ ‘They have deceived my people by saying that everything is alright, but it’s not alright. When someone builds a flimsy wall, the prophets cover it up with paint.

Ezekiel 13:3

“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: How horrible it will be for the foolish prophets. They follow their own ideas, and they have seen nothing.

Ezekiel 25:17

I will take fierce revenge on them and punish them with fury. I will take revenge on them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 38:23

I will show my greatness and my holiness. I will reveal myself to many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 9:10

But I will not have compassion or feel sorry. I will do to them what they have done to others.”

Hosea 14:1

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

Hosea 5:9

Ephraim will become a wasteland when the time for punishment comes. I will make the truth known among the tribes of Israel.

Hosea 8:13

They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, the Lord, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt.

Hosea 9:8

Prophets are God’s watchmen over Ephraim. Yet, traps are set on every prophet’s path, and people are hostile in the temple of their God.

Amos 8:2

He asked, “What do you see, Amos?” “A basket of ripe summer fruit,” I answered. Then the Lord said to me, “My people Israel are now ripe. I will no longer overlook what they have done.

Micah 2:11

Liars and frauds may go around and say, “We will preach to you about wine and liquor.” They would be just the type of preacher you want.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a briar. The most decent person is sharper than thornbushes. The day you thought you would be punished has come. Now is the time you will be confused.

Zephaniah 3:4

Its prophets are reckless and unfaithful. Its priests contaminate what is holy. They violate the teachings.

Mark 3:21

When his family heard about it, they went to get him. They said, “He’s out of his mind!”

Luke 21:22

This will be a time of vengeance. Everything that is written about it will come true.

2 Corinthians 5:13

So if we were crazy, it was for God. If we are sane, it is for you.

Revelation 16:19

The important city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered to give Babylon the Great the cup of wine from his fierce anger.