Hosea 13:2

Good News Translation (US Version)

They still keep on sinning by making metal images to worship—idols of silver, designed by human minds, made by human hands. And then they say, “Offer sacrifices to them!” How can anyone kiss those idols—idols in the shape of bulls!

Cross References

Hosea 2:8

She would never acknowledge that I am the one who gave her the grain, the wine, the olive oil, and all the silver and gold that she used in the worship of Baal.

Isaiah 46:6

People open their purses and pour out gold; they weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make a god; then they bow down and worship it.

1 Kings 19:18

Yet I will leave seven thousand people alive in Israel—all those who are loyal to me and have not bowed to Baal or kissed his idol.”

Jeremiah 10:4

and decorated with silver and gold. It is fastened down with nails to keep it from falling over.

Romans 11:4

What answer did God give him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal.”

2 Timothy 3:13

and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

Romans 2:5

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.

Hosea 11:6

War will sweep through their cities and break down the city gates. It will destroy my people because they do what they themselves think best.

Hosea 10:1

The people of Israel were like a grapevine that was full of grapes. The more prosperous they were, the more altars they built. The more productive their land was, the more beautiful they made the sacred stone pillars they worship.

Hosea 8:6

An Israelite craftsman made the idol, and it is not a god at all! The gold bull worshiped in Samaria will be smashed to pieces!

Hosea 8:4

“My people chose kings, but they did it on their own. They appointed leaders, but without my approval. They took their silver and gold and made idols—for their own destruction.

Isaiah 46:8

“Remember this, you sinners; consider what I have done.

Isaiah 45:20

The Lord says, “Come together, people of the nations, all who survive the fall of the empire; present yourselves for the trial! The people who parade with their idols of wood and pray to gods that cannot save them— those people know nothing at all!

Isaiah 30:1

The Lord has spoken: “Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you keep on rebelling? Do you want to be punished even more? Israel, your head is already covered with wounds, and your heart and mind are sick.

Psalm 2:12

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

2 Chronicles 33:23

But unlike his father, he did not become humble and turn to the Lord; he was even more sinful than his father had been.

2 Chronicles 28:13

They said, “Don't bring those prisoners here! We have already sinned against the Lord and made him angry enough to punish us. Now you want to do something that will increase our guilt.”

1 Samuel 10:1

Then Samuel took a jar of olive oil and poured it on Saul's head, kissed him, and said, “The Lord anoints you as ruler of his people Israel. You will rule his people and protect them from all their enemies. And this is the proof to you that the Lord has chosen you to be the ruler of his people:

Numbers 32:14

And now you have taken your ancestors' place, a new generation of sinful people ready to bring down the fierce anger of the Lord on Israel again.

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are stupid and foolish. What can they learn from wooden idols?

Hosea 4:17

The people of Israel are under the spell of idols. Let them go their own way.

Hosea 8:5

I hate the gold bull worshiped by the people of the city of Samaria. I am furious with them. How long will it be before they give up their idolatry?

Hosea 10:5

The people who live in the city of Samaria will be afraid and will mourn the loss of the gold bull at Bethaven. They and the priests who serve the idol will weep over it. They will wail when it is stripped of its golden splendor.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria can never save us, and war horses cannot protect us. We will never again say to our idols that they are our God. O Lord, you show mercy to those who have no one else to turn to.”

Isaiah 44:11

Everyone who worships it will be humiliated. The people who make idols are human beings and nothing more. Let them come and stand trial—they will be terrified and will suffer disgrace.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then, my people, do you turn away from me without ever turning back? You cling to your idols and refuse to return to me.

Hosea 11:2

But the more I called to him, the more he turned away from me. My people sacrificed to Baal; they burned incense to idols.