Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
Hosea 11:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the sword shall rage against and fall upon their cities and shall consume the bars of their gates and shall make an end [of their defenses], because of their own counsels and devices. American Standard Version (1901) And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels. Common English Bible The sword will strike wildly in their cities; it will consume the bars of their gates and will take everything because of their schemes. Catholic Public Domain Version The sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and shall devour their heads. |
Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.
For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.
*Woe to the rebellious children,* says the LORD, *who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Yisra'el head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, [which] your sons and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
A sword is on the Kasdim, says the LORD, and on the inhabitants of Bavel, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yes, her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
and tell the forest of the South, Hear the word of the LORD: Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beit-Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
It also will be carried to Ashur for a present to a great king. Efrayim will receive shame, and Yisra'el will be ashamed of his own counsel.
Shomron will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.*
For Yisra'el has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrence of your offerings.
I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
*The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,* says the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot: *I abhor the pride of Ya`akov, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
I will cut off the cities of your land, and will tear down all your strongholds.
*For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,* says the LORD of Armies, *that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.
Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror; on both young man and virgin, The suckling with the gray-haired man.