Hosea 3:1

New King James Version

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:19

Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.

1 Chronicles 16:3

Then he distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins.

Nehemiah 9:31

Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You are God, gracious and merciful.

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us.

Exodus 32:6

Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Song of Solomon 2:5

Sustain me with cakes of raisins, Refresh me with apples, For I am lovesick.

Isaiah 45:22

“Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 3:20

Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, So have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Hosea 11:8

“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.

Hosea 2:5

For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has behaved shamefully. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my linen, My oil and my drink.’

Hosea 4:11

“Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.

Amos 2:8

They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Amos 6:6

Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Micah 7:7

Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.

Zechariah 1:16

‘Therefore thus says the Lord: “I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts, “And a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’

Matthew 26:50

But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:7

And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”

1 Peter 4:3

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

Judges 9:27

So they went out into the fields, and gathered grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and made merry. And they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.