Hosea 13:3

New International Reader's Version

So these people will vanish like the morning mist. They will soon disappear like the early dew. They will be like straw that the wind blows around on a threshing floor. They will be like smoke that escapes through a window.

Cross References

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw blowing in the wind? How often are they like tumbleweeds swept away by a storm?

Job 30:15

Terrors sweep over me. My honor is driven away as if by the wind. My safety vanishes like a cloud.

Psalm 1:4

Sinful people are not like that at all. They are like straw that the wind blows away.

Psalm 68:2

May you, God, blow them away like smoke. As fire melts wax, so may God destroy sinful people.

Isaiah 17:13

They sound like the roar of rushing waters. But when the Lord speaks out against them, they run far away. The wind blows them away like straw on the hills. A strong wind drives them along like tumbleweeds.

Daniel 2:35

Then the iron and clay were broken to pieces. So were the bronze, silver and gold. All of them were broken to pieces. They became like straw on a threshing floor at harvest time. The wind blew them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain. It filled the whole earth.

Hosea 6:4

The Lord says, “Ephraim, what can I do with you? And what can I do with you, Judah? Your love for me vanishes like the morning mist. It soon disappears like the early dew.

Zephaniah 2:2

Come together before the Lord’s judgment arrives. The day of the Lord’s judgment will sweep in like straw blown by the wind. Soon the Lord’s great anger will come against you. The day of his wrath will come against you.

Zechariah 8:12

“Your seeds will grow well. Your vines will bear fruit. The ground will produce crops for you. And the heavens will drop their dew on your land. I will give all these things to those who are still left alive here.