Hosea 3:4

Good News Translation

In just this way the people of Israel will have to live for a long time without kings or leaders, without sacrifices or sacred stone pillars, without idols or images to use for divination.

Cross References

Genesis 31:19

Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father.

Genesis 31:34

Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on them. Laban searched through the whole tent, but did not find them.

Genesis 49:10

Judah will hold the royal scepter, And his descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute And bow in obedience before him.

2 Samuel 6:14

David, wearing only a linen cloth around his waist, danced with all his might to honor the Lord.

2 Kings 23:24

In order to enforce the laws written in the book that the High Priest Hilkiah had found in the Temple, King Josiah removed from Jerusalem and the rest of Judah all the mediums and fortunetellers, and all the household gods, idols, and all other pagan objects of worship.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went to meet King Asa. He called out, “Listen to me, King Asa, and all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you look for him, he will let you find him, but if you turn away, he will abandon you.

Exodus 28:4

Tell them to make a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, an embroidered shirt, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these priestly garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they can serve me as priests.

Exodus 28:6

“They are to make the ephod of blue, purple, and red wool, gold thread, and fine linen, decorated with embroidery.

Lamentations 2:9

The gates lie buried in rubble, their bars smashed to pieces. The king and the noblemen now are in exile. The Law is no longer taught, and the prophets have no visions from the Lord.

Ezekiel 19:14

The stem of the vine caught fire; fire burned up its branches and fruit. The branches will never again be strong, will never be royal scepters. This is a song of sorrow; it has been sung again and again.

Ezekiel 20:32

You have made up your minds that you want to be like the other nations, like the people who live in other countries and worship trees and rocks. But that will never be.

Ezekiel 21:21

The king of Babylonia stands by the signpost at the fork of the road. To discover which way to go, he shakes the arrows; he consults his idols; he examines the liver of a sacrificed animal.

Ezekiel 21:31

You will feel my anger when I turn it loose on you like a blazing fire. And I will hand you over to brutal men, experts at destruction.

Daniel 11:31

Some of his soldiers will make the Temple ritually unclean. They will stop the daily sacrifices and set up The Awful Horror.

Daniel 12:11

“From the time the daily sacrifices are stopped, that is, from the time of The Awful Horror, 1,290 days will pass.

Daniel 9:27

That ruler will have a firm agreement with many people for seven years, and when half this time is past, he will put an end to sacrifices and offerings. The Awful Horror will be placed on the highest point of the Temple and will remain there until the one who put it there meets the end which God has prepared for him.”

Hosea 13:10

You asked for a king and for leaders, but how can they save the nation?

Hosea 13:11

In my anger I have given you kings, and in my fury I have taken them away.

Hosea 2:11

I will put an end to all her festivities—her annual and monthly festivals and her Sabbath celebrations—all her religious meetings.

Leviticus 8:7

He put the shirt and the robe on Aaron and the sash around his waist. He put the ephod on him and fastened it by putting its finely woven belt around his waist.

Zechariah 10:2

People consult idols and fortunetellers, but the answers they get are lies and nonsense. Some interpret dreams, but only mislead you; the comfort they give is useless. So the people wander about like lost sheep. They are in trouble because they have no leader.

Zechariah 13:2

At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.

Luke 21:24

Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.

John 19:15

They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “The only king we have is the Emperor!”

Hebrews 10:26

For there is no longer any sacrifice that will take away sins if we purposely go on sinning after the truth has been made known to us.

Judges 17:5

This man Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest.

Judges 18:14

Then the five men who had gone to spy on the country around Laish said to their companions, “Did you know that here in one of these houses there is a wooden idol covered with silver? There are also other idols and an ephod. What do you think we should do?”

Judges 8:27

Gideon made an idol from the gold and put it in his hometown, Ophrah. All the Israelites abandoned God and went there to worship the idol. It was a trap for Gideon and his family.

1 Samuel 14:3

(The priest carrying the ephod was Ahijah, the son of Ichabod's brother Ahitub, who was the son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh.) The men did not know that Jonathan had left.

1 Samuel 15:23

Rebellion against him is as bad as witchcraft, and arrogance is as sinful as idolatry. Because you rejected the Lord's command, he has rejected you as king.”

1 Samuel 2:18

In the meantime the boy Samuel continued to serve the Lord, wearing a sacred linen apron.

1 Samuel 21:9

Ahimelech answered, “I have the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in Elah Valley; it is behind the ephod, wrapped in a cloth. If you want it, take it—it's the only weapon here.” “Give it to me,” David said. “There is not a better sword anywhere!”

1 Samuel 22:18

So Saul said to Doeg, “You kill them!”—and Doeg killed them all. On that day he killed eighty-five priests who were qualified to carry the ephod.

1 Samuel 23:6

When Abiathar son of Ahimelech escaped and joined David in Keilah, he took the ephod with him.

1 Samuel 23:9

When David heard that Saul was planning to attack him, he said to the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod here.”

1 Samuel 30:7

David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod,” and Abiathar brought it to him.