Hosea 12:2

Good News Translation

The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people of Judah; he is also going to punish Israel for the way her people act. He will pay them back for what they have done.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:4

But one year Hoshea sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for his help, and stopped paying the annual tribute to Assyria. When Shalmaneser learned of this, he had Hoshea arrested and put in prison.

Psalm 78:36

But their words were all lies; nothing they said was sincere.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

We leave this world just as we entered it—with nothing. In spite of all our work there is nothing we can take with us.

Isaiah 10:12

But the Lord says, “When I finish what I am doing on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the emperor of Assyria for all his boasting and all his pride.”

Isaiah 10:6

I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample the people like dirt in the streets.”

Isaiah 24:21

A time is coming when the Lord will punish the powers above and the rulers of the earth.

Isaiah 3:11

But evil people are doomed; what they have done to others will now be done to them.

Isaiah 30:6

This is God's message about the animals of the southern desert: “The ambassadors travel through dangerous country, where lions live and where there are poisonous snakes and flying dragons. They load their donkeys and camels with expensive gifts for a nation that cannot give them any help.

Isaiah 59:18

He will punish his enemies according to what they have done, even those who live in distant lands.

Jeremiah 25:31

and the sound will echo to the ends of the earth. The Lord has a case against the nations. He will bring all people to trial and put the wicked to death. The Lord has spoken.’”

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for the times that she forgot me, when she burned incense to Baal and put on her jewelry to go chasing after her lovers. The Lord has spoken.

Hosea 4:1

The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: “There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.

Hosea 4:9

You will suffer the same punishment as the people! I will punish you and make you pay for the evil you do.

Hosea 7:1

“Whenever I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil they do. They cheat one another; they break into houses and steal; they rob people in the streets.

Hosea 7:11

Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!

Hosea 7:2

It never enters their heads that I will remember all this evil; but their sins surround them, and I cannot avoid seeing them.”

Hosea 8:10

But now I am going to gather them together and punish them. Soon they will writhe in pain when the emperor of Assyria oppresses them.

Hosea 8:13

They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of the sacrifices. But I, the Lord, am not pleased with them, and now I will remember their sin and punish them for it; I will send them back to Egypt!

Hosea 8:9

Stubborn as wild donkeys, the people of Israel go their own way. They have gone off to seek help from Assyria and have paid other nations to protect them.

Hosea 9:15

The Lord says, “All their evildoing began in Gilgal. It was there that I began to hate them. And because of the evil they have done, I will drive them out of my land. I will not love them any more; all their leaders have rebelled against me.

Hosea 9:9

They are hopelessly evil in what they do, just as they were at Gibeah. God will remember their sin and punish them for it.

Amos 2:4

The Lord says, “The people of Judah have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They have despised my teachings and have not kept my commands. They have been led astray by the same false gods that their ancestors served.

Micah 6:2

You mountains, you everlasting foundations of the earth, listen to the Lord's case! The Lord has a case against his people. He is going to bring an accusation against Israel.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

Romans 2:6

For God will reward each of us according to what we have done.

Galatians 6:7

Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant.