Hosea 5:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Ephraim will become empty at the time of punishment. I, God, warn the families of Israel that this really will happen.

Cross References

Zechariah 1:6

The prophets were my servants. I used them to tell your ancestors about my laws and teachings. Your ancestors finally learned their lesson and said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful did what he said he would do. He punished us for the way we lived and for all the evil things we did.’ So they came back to God.”

Isaiah 46:10

“In the beginning, I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago, I told you things that have not happened yet. When I plan something, it happens. I do whatever I want to do.

John 16:4

I have told you all this now to prepare you. So when the time comes for these things to happen, you will remember that I warned you. “I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you then.

Amos 7:17

But the Lord says, ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city. Your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Other people will take your land and divide it among themselves, and you will die in a foreign country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from this country as prisoners.’”

Amos 7:9

Isaac’s high places will be destroyed. Israel’s holy places will be made into a pile of rocks. I will attack and kill Jeroboam’s family with swords.”

Amos 3:7

When the Lord GOD decides to do something, he will first tell his servants, the prophets.

Hosea 8:8

“Israel was destroyed; its people are scattered among the nations, like some dish that was thrown away because no one wanted it.

Hosea 5:14

I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I—yes, I myself—will rip them to pieces. I will carry them away, and no one can save them.

Hosea 5:12

I will destroy Ephraim as a moth eats a piece of cloth. I will ruin Judah, like rot on a piece of wood.

Isaiah 48:5

So long ago I told you what would happen. I told you about those things long before they happened. I did this so that you could not say, ‘The gods we made did this. Our idols, our statues, made this happen.’”

Isaiah 48:3

“Long ago I told you what would happen. I told you about these things. And suddenly I made them happen.

Isaiah 37:3

They said to Isaiah, “King Hezekiah has commanded that today will be a special day for sorrow and sadness. It will be a very sad day—as sad as when a baby should be born, but there is not enough strength for the birth.

Job 12:14

Anything God tears down cannot be rebuilt. Anyone he puts in prison cannot be set free.

Isaiah 7:16

But before he is old enough to make that choice, the land of the two kings you fear will be empty.

Hosea 7:12

They go to those countries for help, but I will trap them. I will throw my net over them, and I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will punish them for their agreements.

Hosea 9:7

The prophet says, “Israel, learn this: The time of punishment has come. The time has come for you to pay for the evil things you did.” But the people of Israel say, “The prophet is a fool. This man with God’s Spirit is crazy.” The prophet says, “You will be punished for your terrible sins. You will be punished for your hate.”

Micah 6:13

So I have begun to punish you. I will destroy you because of your sins.