Hosea 12:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God.

Cross References

Genesis 25:26

Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

2 Kings 17:18

Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah only.

2 Kings 17:20

And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and gave them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

2 Kings 17:23

until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.

Jeremiah 2:9

“Therefore I still contend with you, says the Lord, and with your children's children I will contend.

Ezekiel 7:3

Now the end is upon you, and I will let loose my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations.

Ezekiel 7:8

Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you, and judge you according to your ways; and I will punish you for all your abominations.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel; for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land;

Hosea 4:9

And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and requite them for their deeds.

Amos 2:4

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked.

Micah 6:2

Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Romans 9:11

though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of his call,