Hosea 8:8

New Living Translation

The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

At that time the king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and placed them in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Isaiah 30:14

You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”

Jeremiah 22:28

“Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar? Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?

Jeremiah 25:34

Weep and moan, you evil shepherds! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! The time of your slaughter has arrived; you will fall and shatter like a fragile vase.

Jeremiah 48:38

There is crying and sorrow in every Moabite home and on every street. For I have smashed Moab like an old, unwanted jar.

Jeremiah 50:17

“The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”

Jeremiah 51:34

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, “We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”

Lamentations 2:2

Without mercy the Lord has destroyed every home in Israel. In his anger he has broken down the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He has brought them to the ground, dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

Lamentations 2:5

Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel like an enemy. He has destroyed her palaces and demolished her fortresses. He has brought unending sorrow and tears upon beautiful Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:2

See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter.

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.

Ezekiel 36:3

Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.

Romans 9:22

In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction.

Deuteronomy 28:25

“The Lord will cause you to be defeated by your enemies. You will attack your enemies from one direction, but you will scatter from them in seven! You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:64

For the Lord will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship foreign gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods made of wood and stone!