Hosea 2:8

New International Reader's Version

She wouldn’t admit that I was the one who gave her everything she had. I provided her with grain, olive oil and fresh wine. I gave her plenty of silver and gold. But she used it to make statues of Baal.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:16

Lord our God, we’ve given more than enough. We’ve provided it to build you a temple where you will put your holy Name. But all of it comes from you. All of it belongs to you.

Job 19:8

God has blocked my way, and I can’t get through. He has made my paths so dark I can’t see where I’m going.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its master. The donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand me.”

Isaiah 46:6

Some people pour out gold from their bags. They weigh out silver on the scales. They hire someone who works with gold to make it into a god. They bow down to it and worship it.

Jeremiah 7:18

The children go out and gather wood. The fathers light the fire. The women mix the dough. They make flat cakes of bread to offer to the female god called the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods. That makes me very angry.

Ezekiel 23:41

She sat down on a beautiful couch. A table was in front of it. There she put the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue. It was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura near the city of Babylon.

Daniel 5:23

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.

Hosea 10:1

Israel was like a spreading vine. They produced fruit for themselves. As they grew more fruit, they built more altars. As their land became richer, they made more beautiful the sacred stones they worshiped.

Hosea 13:1

When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, the other tribes trembled with fear. Ephraim was honored in Israel. But its people sinned by worshiping Baal. So they were as good as dead.

Hosea 13:2

Now they sin more and more. They use their silver to make statues of gods for themselves. The statues come from their own clever ideas. Skilled workers make all of them. The people pray to these gods. They offer human sacrifices to them. They kiss the gods that look like calves.

Hosea 2:5

Their mother hasn’t been faithful to me. She who became pregnant with them has brought shame on herself. She said, ‘I will chase after my lovers. They give me my food and water. They provide me with wool and linen. They give me olive oil and wine.’

Hosea 4:11

with prostitutes. They drink old wine and fresh wine. Their drinking has destroyed their ability to understand.

Hosea 8:4

My people appoint kings I do not want. They choose princes without my permission. They use their silver and gold to make statues of gods. That is how they destroy themselves.”

Habakkuk 1:16

They offer sacrifices to their nets. They burn incense to them. Their nets allow them to live in great comfort. They enjoy the finest food.

Luke 15:13

“Not long after that, the younger son packed up all he had. Then he left for a country far away. There he wasted his money on wild living.

Romans 1:28

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.

Deuteronomy 8:18

But remember the Lord your God. He gives you the ability to produce wealth. That shows he stands by the terms of the covenant he made with you. He promised it to your people of long ago. And he’s still faithful to his covenant today.

Judges 9:27

The people of Shechem went out into the fields. They gathered the grapes. They pressed the juice out of them by stomping on them. Then they held a feast in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.