Hosea 9:1

New Century Version

Israel, do not rejoice; don’t shout for joy as the other nations do. You have been like a prostitute against your God. You love the pay of prostitutes on every threshing floor.

Cross References

Psalm 73:27

Those who are far from God will die; you destroy those who are unfaithful.

Isaiah 17:11

You plant your grapevines one day and try to make them grow, and the next day you make them blossom. But at harvest time everything will be dead; a sickness will kill all the plants.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your evil will bring punishment to you, and the wrong you have done will teach you a lesson. Think about it and understand that it is a terrible evil to turn away from the Lord your God. It is wrong not to fear me,” says the Lord God All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 2:20

“Long ago you refused to obey me as an ox breaks its yoke. You broke the ropes I used to hold you and said, ‘I will not serve you!’ In fact, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Jeremiah 44:17

We promised to make sacrifices to the Queen Goddess, and we will certainly do everything we promised. We will burn incense and pour out drink offerings to worship her, just as we, our ancestors, kings, and officers did in the past. All of us did these things in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were successful, and nothing bad happened to us.

Lamentations 4:21

Be happy and glad, people of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. The cup of God’s anger will come to you; then you will get drunk and go naked.

Ezekiel 16:15

“ ‘But you trusted in your beauty. You became a prostitute, because you were so famous. You had sexual relations with anyone who passed by.

Ezekiel 16:30

“ ‘Truly your will is weak, says the Lord God. You do all the things a stubborn prostitute does.

Ezekiel 20:32

“ ‘What you want will not come true. You say, “We want to be like the other nations, like the people in other lands. We want to worship idols made of wood and stone.”

Ezekiel 21:10

It is made sharp for the killing. It is polished to flash like lightning. “ ‘You are not happy about this horrible punishment by the sword. But my son Judah, you did not change when you were only beaten with a rod.

Hosea 10:5

The people from Israel are worried about the calf-shaped idol at Beth Aven. The people will cry about it, and the priests will cry about it. They used to shout for joy about its glory,

Hosea 2:12

I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers. I will turn them into a forest, and wild animals will eat them.

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 5:4

“They will not give up their deeds and return to their God. They are determined to be unfaithful to me; they do not know the Lord.

Hosea 5:7

They have not been true to the Lord; they are children who do not belong to him. So their false worship will destroy them and their land.

Amos 3:2

“I have chosen only you out of all the families of the earth, so I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 4:5

Offer bread made with yeast as a sacrifice to show your thanks, and brag about the special offerings you bring, because this is what you love to do, Israelites,” says the Lord God.

Amos 6:13

You are happy that the town of Lo Debar was captured, and you say, “We have taken Karnaim by our own strength.”

Amos 8:10

I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead, and all your songs will become songs of sadness. I will make all of you wear rough cloth to show your sadness; I will make you shave your heads as well. I will make it like a time of crying for the death of an only son, and its end like the end of an awful day.”

James 4:16

But now you are proud and you brag. All of this bragging is wrong.

James 5:1

You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because of the troubles that are coming to you.