Hosea 2:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Or I will strip her naked, leaving her as on the day of her birth; I will make her like the wilderness, make her like an arid land, and let her die of thirst.

Cross References

Hosea 3:1

Again the Lord said to me: Go, love a woman who is loved by her spouse but commits adultery; Just as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.

Hosea 2:8

Therefore, I will hedge in her way with thorns and erect a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.

Isaiah 1:21

How she has become a prostitute, the faithful city, so upright! Justice used to lodge within her, but now, murderers.

Hosea 9:10

Like grapes in the desert, I found Israel; Like the first fruits of the fig tree, its first to ripen, I looked on your ancestors. But when they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the Shameful One, they became as abhorrent as the thing they loved.

Hosea 8:9

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

Hosea 4:5

You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will stumble with you at night; I will make an end of your mother.

Hosea 2:2

Then the people of Judah and of Israel will gather together; They will appoint for themselves one head and rise up from the land; great indeed shall be the day of Jezreel!

Jeremiah 11:13

For as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah! As many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars for sacrifice to Baal.

Jeremiah 2:20

Long ago you broke your yoke, you tore off your bonds. You said, “I will not serve.” On every high hill, under every green tree, you sprawled and served as a prostitute.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: Where is the bill of divorce with which I dismissed your mother? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? It was for your sins you were sold, for your rebellions your mother was dismissed.

Judges 16:23

The lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our power.”

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord began to speak with Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: Go, get for yourself a woman of prostitution and children of prostitution, for the land prostitutes itself, turning away from the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:8

Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will be estranged from you, And I will turn you into a wilderness, a land where no one dwells.

Jeremiah 13:22

If you say to yourself: “Why have these things happened to me?” For your great guilt your skirts are stripped away and you are violated.

Ezekiel 16:4

As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut; you were not washed with water or anointed; you were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Ezekiel 16:35

Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of the Lord!

Ezekiel 16:39

I will hand you over to them to tear down your platform and demolish your high place, to strip you of your garments and take away your splendid ornaments, leaving you stark naked.

Amos 8:13

On that day, beautiful young women and young men shall faint from thirst,