Hosea 14:3

New Century Version

Assyria cannot save us, nor will we trust in our horses. We will not say again, ‘Our gods,’ to the things our hands have made. You show mercy to orphans.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:7

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “You depended on the king of Aram to help you and not on the Lord your God. So the king of Aram’s army escaped from you.

Psalm 10:14

Lord, surely you see these cruel and evil things; look at them and do something. People in trouble look to you for help. You are the one who helps the orphans.

Psalm 146:3

Do not put your trust in princes or other people, who cannot save you.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects the foreigners. He defends the orphans and widows, but he blocks the way of the wicked.

Psalm 33:17

Horses can’t bring victory; they can’t save by their strength.

Psalm 68:5

God is in his holy Temple. He is a father to orphans, and he defends the widows.

Isaiah 1:29

“You will be ashamed, because you have worshiped gods under the oak trees. You will be disgraced, because you have worshiped idols in your gardens.

Isaiah 2:20

At that time people will throw away their gold and silver idols, which they made for themselves to worship; they will throw them away to the bats and moles.

Isaiah 27:9

This is how Israel’s guilt will be forgiven; this is how its sins will be taken away: Israel will crush the rocks of the altar to dust, and no statues or altars will be left standing for the Asherah idols.

Isaiah 30:16

You say, “No, we need horses to run away on.” So you will run away on horses. You say, “We will ride away on fast horses.” So those who chase you will be fast.

Isaiah 30:2

They go down to Egypt for help without asking me about it first. They hope they will be saved by the king of Egypt; they want Egypt to protect them.

Isaiah 31:1

How terrible it will be for those people who go down to Egypt for help. They think horses will save them. They think their many chariots and strong horsemen will save them. But they don’t trust God, the Holy One of Israel, or ask the Lord for help.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are only people and are not God. Their horses are only animals and are not spirit. The Lord will stretch out his arm, and the one who helps will stumble, and the people who wanted help will fall. All of them will be destroyed together.

Isaiah 36:8

“ ‘Now make an agreement with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses if you can find enough men to ride them.

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave the orphans, and I will take care of them. Your widows also can trust in me.”

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and your idols.

Ezekiel 37:23

They will not continue to make themselves unclean by their idols, their statues of gods which I hate, or by their sins. I will save them from all the ways they sin and turn against me, and I will make them clean. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

Hosea 12:1

What Israel does is as useless as chasing the wind; he chases the east wind all day. They tell more and more lies and do more and more violence. They make agreements with Assyria, and they send a gift of olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 13:2

But they still keep on sinning more and more. They make idols of their silver, idols that are cleverly made, the work of a craftsman. Yet the people of Israel say to each other, “Kiss those calf idols and sacrifice to them.”

Hosea 14:8

Israel, have nothing to do with idols. I, the Lord, am the one who answers your prayers and watches over you. I am like a green pine tree; your blessings come from me.”

Hosea 2:17

I will never let her say the names of Baal again; people won’t use their names anymore.

Hosea 4:12

“My people ask wooden idols for advice; they ask those sticks of wood to advise them! Like prostitutes, they have chased after other gods and have left their own God.

Hosea 5:13

“When Israel saw its illness and Judah saw its wounds, Israel went to Assyria for help and sent to the great king of Assyria. But he cannot heal you or cure your wounds.

Hosea 7:11

Israel has become like a pigeon— easy to fool and stupid. First they call to Egypt for help. Then they run to Assyria.

Hosea 8:6

The idol is something a craftsman made; it is not God. Israel’s calf-shaped idol will surely be smashed to pieces.

Hosea 8:9

Israel is like a wild donkey all by itself. They have run to Assyria; They have hired other nations to protect them.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and the fish threw up Jonah onto the dry land.

Zechariah 13:2

The Lord All-Powerful says, “At that time I will get rid of the names of the idols from the land; no one will remember them anymore. I will also remove the prophets and unclean spirits from the land.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you all alone like orphans; I will come back to you.

Deuteronomy 17:16

The king must not have too many horses for himself, and he must not send people to Egypt to get more horses, because the Lord has told you, “Don’t return that way again.”