Hosea 2:9

New American Bible - revised edition

If she runs after her lovers, she will not overtake them; if she seeks them she will not find them. Then she will say, “I will go back to my first husband, for I was better off then than now.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:27

Therefore I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your allotment, and delivered you over to the whim of your enemies, the Philistines, who were revolted by your depraved conduct.

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.

Ezekiel 23:26

They shall strip off your clothes and seize your splendid jewelry.

Daniel 11:13

For the king of the north shall raise another army, greater than before; after some years he shall attack with this large army and great resources.

Hosea 2:3

Say to your brothers, “My People,” and to your sisters, “Pitied.”

Hosea 8:7

When they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind; The stalk of grain that forms no head can yield no flour; Even if it could, strangers would swallow it.

Hosea 9:2

Threshing floor and wine press will not nourish them, the new wine will fail them.

Joel 2:14

Perhaps he will again relent and leave behind a blessing, Grain offering and libation for the Lord, your God.

Zephaniah 1:13

Their wealth shall be given to plunder and their houses to devastation; They will build houses, but not dwell in them; They will plant vineyards, but not drink their wine.

Malachi 1:4

If Edom says, “We have been crushed, but we will rebuild the ruins,” Thus says the Lord of hosts: They indeed may build, but I will tear down, And they shall be called “territory of wickedness,” the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again distinguish between the just and the wicked, Between the person who serves God, and the one who does not.