Hosea 2:3

New International Reader's Version

If she doesn’t stop it, I will strip her naked. I’ll make her as bare as she was on the day she was born. I’ll make her like a desert. She will become like dry land. And I’ll let her die of thirst.

Cross References

Exodus 17:3

But the people were thirsty for water there. So they told Moses they weren’t happy with him. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt? Did you want us, our children and our livestock to die of thirst?”

Isaiah 33:9

The land dries up and wastes away. Lebanon is full of shame and dries up. The rich land of Sharon is like the Arabah Desert. The trees of Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.

Isaiah 47:3

Everyone will see your naked body. Everyone will see your shame. I will pay you back for what you did. I will not spare any of your people.”

Isaiah 64:10

Your sacred cities have become a desert. Even Zion is a desert. Jerusalem is a dry and empty place.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard. They will walk all over it. They will turn my pleasant vineyard into a dry and empty land.

Jeremiah 13:22

Suppose you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It’s because you have committed so many sins. That’s the reason your skirt has been torn off. That’s why your body has been treated so badly.

Jeremiah 13:26

So I will pull your skirt up over your face. Then people will see the shame of your naked body.

Jeremiah 14:3

The nobles send their servants to get water. They go to the wells. But they do not find any water. They return with empty jars. They are terrified. They do not have any hope. They cover their heads.

Jeremiah 17:6

They will be like a bush in a dry and empty land. They will not enjoy success when it comes. They will live in dry places in the desert. It is a land of salt where no one else lives.

Jeremiah 2:31

“You who are now living, consider my message. I am saying, “Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been like a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to wander. We won’t come to you anymore’?

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord? He brought us up out of Egypt. He led us through a dry and empty land. He guided us through deserts and deep valleys. It was a land of total darkness where there wasn’t any rain. No one lived or traveled there.’

Jeremiah 22:6

The Lord speaks about the palace of the king of Judah. He says, “You are like the land of Gilead to me. You are like the highest mountain in Lebanon. But I will make you like a desert. You will become like towns that no one lives in.

Jeremiah 4:26

I looked. And the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were destroyed. The Lord had done all this because of his great anger.

Jeremiah 51:43

The towns of Babylon will be empty. It will become a dry and desert land. No one will live there. No one will even travel through it.

Jeremiah 51:5

The land of Israel and Judah is full of guilt. Its people have sinned against me. But I have not deserted them. I am their God. I am the Lord who rules over all. I am the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 16:22

You did not remember the days when you were young. At that time you were completely naked. You were kicking around in your blood. But now you have done evil things. I hate them. You have worshiped other gods. You have not been faithful to me.

Ezekiel 19:13

Now it is planted in the Babylonian desert. It is in a dry and thirsty land.

Hosea 13:15

Even though they are doing well among the other tribes, trouble will come to them. I will send a hot and dry wind from the east. It will blow in from the desert. Their springs will not have any water. Their wells will dry up. All their treasures will be taken out of their storerooms.

Hosea 2:10

So now I’ll uncover her body. All her lovers will see it. No one can stop me from punishing her.

Revelation 17:16

The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will destroy her and leave her naked. They will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

Judges 15:18

Samson was very thirsty. So he cried out to the Lord. He said, “You have helped me win this great battle. Do I have to die of thirst now? Must I fall into the power of people who haven’t even been circumcised? They aren’t your people.”