Hosea 9:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Ephraim, as I saw, was a tree planted in a meadow; But now Ephraim will bring out his children to the slaughterer!

Cross References

2 Kings 15:16

At that time, Menahem attacked Tappuah, all its inhabitants, and its whole district as far as Tirzah, because they did not let him in. He attacked them; he even ripped open all their pregnant women. Reign of Menahem of Israel.

Job 27:14

Though his children be many, the sword awaits them. His descendants shall want for bread.

Jeremiah 7:15

I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast away all your kindred, all the offspring of Ephraim. Abuses in Worship.

Jeremiah 9:21

Corpses shall fall like dung in the open field, Like sheaves behind the harvester, with no one to gather them.

Lamentations 2:22

You summoned as to a feast day terrors on every side; On the day of the Lord’s wrath, none survived or escaped. Those I have borne and nurtured, my enemy has utterly destroyed.”

Ezekiel 27:3

and say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance to the sea, trader to peoples on many coastlands, Thus says the Lord God: Tyre, you said, “I am a ship, perfect in beauty”;

Hosea 10:14

The clamor of war shall break out among your people and all your fortresses shall be ravaged As Salman ravaged Beth-arbel on the day of war, smashing mothers along with their children.

Hosea 13:8

I will attack them like a bear robbed of its young, and tear their hearts from their breasts; I will devour them on the spot like a lion, as a wild animal would rip them open.

Hosea 14:1

Samaria has become guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed to pieces, their pregnant women shall be ripped open.

Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up; they will bear no fruit. Were they to bear children, I would slay the beloved of their womb.

Amos 7:17

Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword. Your land shall be parcelled out by measuring line, and you yourself shall die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be exiled from its land.”