Hosea 12:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Ephraim shepherds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long. He multiplies lies and violence: They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria found Hoshea guilty of conspiracy for sending messengers to the king of Egypt at Sais, and for failure to pay the annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested and imprisoned him.

Job 15:2

Does a wise man answer with windy opinions, or puff himself up with the east wind?

Psalm 78:36

But they deceived him with their mouths, lied to him with their tongues.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

This too is a grievous evil, that they go just as they came. What then does it profit them to toil for the wind?

Isaiah 10:12

But when the Lord has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria’s proud heart, and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes.

Isaiah 10:6

Against an impious nation I send him, and against a people under my wrath I order him To seize plunder, carry off loot, and to trample them like the mud of the street.

Isaiah 24:21

On that day the Lord will punish the host of the heavens in the heavens, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! It will go ill with them, with the work of their hands they will be repaid.

Isaiah 30:6

Oracle on the Beasts of the Negeb. Through the distressed and troubled land of the lioness and roaring lion, of the viper and flying saraph, They carry their riches on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels To a people good for nothing,

Isaiah 59:18

According to their deeds he repays his enemies and requites his foes with wrath; to the coastlands he renders recompense.

Jeremiah 25:31

The uproar spreads to the end of the earth; For the Lord has an indictment against the nations, he enters into judgment against all flesh: The wicked shall be given to the sword— oracle of the Lord.

Hosea 2:13

I will put an end to all her joy, her festivals, her new moons, her sabbaths— all her seasonal feasts.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, Israelites, for the Lord has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land: There is no fidelity, no loyalty, no knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 4:9

Like people, like priest: I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.

Hosea 7:1

when I would have healed Israel, The guilt of Ephraim was revealed, the wickedness of Samaria: They practiced falsehood. Thieves break in, bandits roam outside.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim is like a dove, silly and senseless; They call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Hosea 7:2

Yet they do not call to mind that I remember all their wickedness. Now their crimes surround them, present to my sight.

Hosea 8:10

Even though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them together; They will soon succumb under the burden of king and princes.

Hosea 8:13

They love sacrifice, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 8:9

For they went up to Assyria— a wild ass off on its own— Ephraim bargained for lovers.

Hosea 9:15

All their misfortune began in Gilgal; yes, there I rejected them. Because of their wicked deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no longer; all their princes are rebels.

Hosea 9:9

They have sunk to the depths of corruption, as in the days of Gibeah; God will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

Amos 2:4

Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they spurned the instruction of the Lord, and did not keep his statutes; Because the lies which their ancestors followed have led them astray,

Micah 6:2

Hear, O mountains, the Lord’s case, pay attention, O foundations of the earth! For the Lord has a case against his people; he enters into trial with Israel.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.

Romans 2:6

who will repay everyone according to his works:

Galatians 6:7

Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only what he sows,