Hosea 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:16

Lord our God, all this wealth that we have brought together to build you a house for your holy name comes from you and is entirely yours.

Job 19:8

He has barred my way and I cannot pass; veiled my path in darkness;

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master’s manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.

Isaiah 46:6

There are those who pour out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scales; They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god before which they bow down in worship.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, their fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, while libations are poured out to other gods—all to offend me!

Ezekiel 23:41

You sat on a magnificent couch, set before it a table, on which to lay my incense and oil.

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, which he set up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 5:23

you have rebelled against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels of his temple brought before you, so that you and your nobles, your consorts and your concubines, might drink wine from them; and you praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, that neither see nor hear nor have intelligence. But the God in whose hand is your very breath and the whole course of your life, you did not glorify.

Hosea 10:1

Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; The more productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke there was terror; he was exalted in Israel; but he became guilty through Baal and died.

Hosea 13:2

Now they continue to sin, making for themselves molten images, Silver idols according to their skill, all of them the work of artisans. “To these, offer sacrifice,” they say. People kiss calves!

Hosea 2:5

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.

Hosea 4:11

to prostitution. Aged wine and new wine take away understanding.

Hosea 8:4

They made kings, but not by my authority; they established princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he makes sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his fishing net; For thanks to them his portion is rich, and his meal lavish.

Luke 15:13

After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper.

Deuteronomy 8:18

Remember then the Lord, your God, for he is the one who gives you the power to get wealth, by fulfilling, as he has now done, the covenant he swore to your ancestors.

Judges 9:27

They went out into the fields, harvested the grapes from their vineyards, trod them out, and held a festival. Then they went to the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.