Hosea 13:15

New Living Translation

Ephraim was the most fruitful of all his brothers, but the east wind—a blast from the Lord— will arise in the desert. All their flowing springs will run dry, and all their wells will disappear. Every precious thing they own will be plundered and carried away.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were blighted, shriveled, and withered by the east wind.

Genesis 41:52

Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

Genesis 41:6

Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused. “I know, my son; I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

Genesis 49:22

“Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey, the foal of a wild donkey at a spring— one of the wild donkeys on the ridge.

Job 18:16

Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.

Psalm 1:4

But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.

Psalm 109:13

May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.

Isaiah 14:21

Kill this man’s children! Let them die because of their father’s sins! They must not rise and conquer the earth, filling the world with their cities.”

Isaiah 17:13

But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.

Isaiah 27:8

No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.

Isaiah 41:16

You will toss them into the air, and the wind will blow them all away; a whirlwind will scatter them. Then you will rejoice in the Lord. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 20:5

And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city—the precious jewels and gold and silver of your kings—will be carried off to Babylon.

Jeremiah 4:11

The time is coming when the Lord will say to the people of Jerusalem, “My dear people, a burning wind is blowing in from the desert, and it’s not a gentle breeze useful for winnowing grain.

Jeremiah 4:12

It is a roaring blast sent by me! Now I will pronounce your destruction!”

Jeremiah 51:1

This is what the Lord says: “I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.

Jeremiah 51:36

This is what the Lord says to Jerusalem: “I will be your lawyer to plead your case, and I will avenge you. I will dry up her river, as well as her springs,

Ezekiel 17:10

But when the vine is transplanted, will it thrive? No, it will wither away when the east wind blows against it. It will die in the same good soil where it had grown so well.”

Ezekiel 19:12

But the vine was uprooted in fury and thrown down to the ground. The desert wind dried up its fruit and tore off its strong branches, so that it withered and was destroyed by fire.

Daniel 11:8

When he returns to Egypt, he will carry back their idols with him, along with priceless articles of gold and silver. For some years afterward he will leave the king of the north alone.

Hosea 10:1

How prosperous Israel is— a luxuriant vine loaded with fruit. But the richer the people get, the more pagan altars they build. The more bountiful their harvests, the more beautiful their sacred pillars.

Hosea 2:3

Otherwise, I will strip her as naked as she was on the day she was born. I will leave her to die of thirst, as in a dry and barren wilderness.

Hosea 4:19

So a mighty wind will sweep them away. Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.

Hosea 9:11

The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will not be born or grow in the womb or even be conceived.

Jonah 4:8

And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.

Nahum 2:9

Loot the silver! Plunder the gold! There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures— its vast, uncounted wealth.

Deuteronomy 33:17

Joseph has the majesty of a young bull; he has the horns of a wild ox. He will gore distant nations, even to the ends of the earth. This is my blessing for the multitudes of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.”