Hosea 3:1

Good News Translation

The Lord said to me, “Go again and show your love for a woman who is committing adultery with a lover. You must love her just as I still love the people of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and like to take offerings of raisins to idols.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:19

and distributed food to them all. He gave each man and woman in Israel a loaf of bread, a piece of roasted meat, and some raisins. Then everyone went home.

2 Kings 13:23

but the Lord was kind and merciful to them. He would not let them be destroyed, but helped them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has never forgotten his people.

1 Chronicles 16:3

and distributed food to them all. He gave each man and woman in Israel a loaf of bread, a piece of roasted meat, and some raisins.

Nehemiah 9:31

And yet, because your mercy is great, you did not forsake or destroy them. You are a gracious and merciful God!

Psalm 123:2

As a servant depends on his master, as a maid depends on her mistress, so we will keep looking to you, O Lord our God, until you have mercy on us.

Exodus 32:6

Early the next morning they brought some animals to burn as sacrifices and others to eat as fellowship offerings. The people sat down to a feast, which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex.

Song of Solomon 2:5

Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion.

Isaiah 45:22

“Turn to me now and be saved, people all over the world! I am the only God there is.

Jeremiah 3:20

But like an unfaithful wife, you have not been faithful to me. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 31:20

“Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.

Hosea 11:8

“How can I give you up, Israel? How can I abandon you? Could I ever destroy you as I did Admah, or treat you as I did Zeboiim? My heart will not let me do it! My love for you is too strong.

Hosea 4:11

The Lord says, “Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!

Hosea 7:5

On the day of the king's celebration they made the king and his officials drunk and foolish with wine.

Amos 2:8

At every place of worship people sleep on clothing that they have taken from the poor as security for debts. In the temple of their God they drink wine which they have taken from those who owe them money.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest perfumes, but you do not mourn over the ruin of Israel.

Micah 7:7

But I will watch for the Lord; I will wait confidently for God, who will save me. My God will hear me.

Zechariah 1:16

So I have come back to Jerusalem to show mercy to the city. My Temple will be restored, and the city will be rebuilt.”

Matthew 26:50

Jesus answered, “Be quick about it, friend!” Then they came up, arrested Jesus, and held him tight.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink from the Lord's cup and also from the cup of demons; you cannot eat at the Lord's table and also at the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:7

nor to worship idols, as some of them did. As the scripture says, “The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex.”

1 Peter 4:3

You have spent enough time in the past doing what the heathen like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lust, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols.

Judges 10:16

So they got rid of their foreign gods and worshiped the Lord; and he became troubled over Israel's distress.

Judges 9:27

They all went out into their vineyards and picked the grapes, made wine from them, and held a festival. They went into the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and made fun of Abimelech.