Hosea 7:7

New Living Translation

Burning like an oven, they consume their leaders. They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries to me for help.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:28

Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, and he became the next king of Israel.

1 Kings 16:18

When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.

1 Kings 16:22

But Omri’s supporters defeated the supporters of Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became the next king.

2 Kings 10:14

“Take them alive!” Jehu shouted to his men. And they captured all forty-two of them and killed them at the well of Beth-eked. None of them escaped.

2 Kings 10:7

When the letter arrived, the leaders killed all seventy of the king’s sons. They placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jehu at Jezreel.

2 Kings 15:10

Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.

2 Kings 15:14

Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king.

2 Kings 15:25

Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah’s army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria. And Pekah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 15:30

Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah and assassinated him. He began to rule over Israel in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

2 Kings 9:24

But Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down dead in his chariot.

2 Kings 9:33

“Throw her down!” Jehu yelled. So they threw her out the window, and her blood spattered against the wall and on the horses. And Jehu trampled her body under his horses’ hooves.

Job 36:13

For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.

Psalm 14:4

Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.

Isaiah 43:22

“But, dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me, O Israel!

Isaiah 64:4

For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!

Isaiah 64:6

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Isaiah 64:7

Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.

Isaiah 9:13

For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent. They will not seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Ezekiel 22:30

“I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.

Daniel 9:13

Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the Lord our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.

Hosea 13:10

Now where is your king? Let him save you! Where are all the leaders of the land, the king and the officials you demanded of me?

Hosea 5:15

Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”

Hosea 7:10

Their arrogance testifies against them, yet they don’t return to the Lord their God or even try to find him.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.

Hosea 8:4

The people have appointed kings without my consent, and princes without my approval. By making idols for themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction.

Micah 2:1

What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so.