Hosea 9:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ The people of Israel left because the enemy took everything from them. But Egypt will take the people themselves. Memphis {\cf2\super [89]} will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures. Thorns will grow where the Israelites lived.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ For behold, they are gone away from devastation and destruction; Egypt shall gather them in; Memphis shall bury them. Their precious things of silver shall be in the possession of nettles; thorns shall be [growing] in their tents.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

Common English Bible

⁶ Even if they escape destruction, Egypt will gather them, Memphis will bury them. Briars will possess their precious things of silver; thorns will be in their tents.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For, behold, they have been sent away by devastation. Egypt will gather them together; Memphis will bury them. Nettles will inherit their desired silver; the burr will be in their tabernacles.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ For behold they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them together, Memphis shall bury them: nettles shall inherit their beloved silver, the bur shall be in their tabernacles.

Hosea 9:6 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 13:7

The king of Aram defeated Jehoahaz’s army. The king of Aram destroyed most of the men in the army. He left only 50 horse soldiers, 10 chariots, [150] and 10,000 foot soldiers. Jehoahaz’s soldiers were like chaff [151] blown away by the wind at the time of threshing. [152]

Psalm 107:34

God changed the fertile land\par and it became worthless salty land.\par Why? Because of the bad people\par who were living in that place.\par

Proverbs 24:31

Weeds were growing everywhere in those fields. Worthless plants were growing on the ground. And the wall around the fields was broken and falling down.

Isaiah 11:11

At that time, my Master (God) will again reach out and take his people that are left. This will be the second time God has done this. \{(These are God’s people that are left in countries like Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the faraway countries around the world.)

Isaiah 19:13

The leaders of Zoan have been fooled. The leaders of Noph have believed false things. So the leaders lead Egypt the wrong way.

Isaiah 27:12

At that time, the Lord will begin separating his people from others. He will begin at the Euphrates River. {\cf2\super [253]} The Lord will gather all his people from the Euphrates River to the River of Egypt. {\cf2\super [254]}

Isaiah 32:13

Cry for the land of my people. Cry because only thorns and weeds will grow there. Cry for the city and for all the houses that were once filled with joy.

Isaiah 34:13

Thorns and wild bushes will grow in all the beautiful homes there. Wild dogs and owls will live in those homes. Wild animals will make their homes there. Big birds will live in the grasses that grow there.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make my vineyard {\cf2\super [47]} an empty field.\par No person will care for the plants.\par No person will work in the field.\par Weeds and thorns will grow there.\par I will command the clouds\par not to rain on the field.”\par

Isaiah 7:23

In this land, there are now fields that have 1,000 grapevines. Each grapevine is worth 1,000 pieces of silver. But these fields will become full of weeds and thorns.

Jeremiah 2:16

People from Memphis and Tahpanhes {\cf2\super [9]} \par have smashed the top of your head.\par

Jeremiah 44:1

Jeremiah received a message from the Lord. This message was for all the people of Judah living in Egypt. The message was for the people of Judah living in the towns of Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and southern Egypt. This was the message:

Jeremiah 44:12

There were a few survivors {\cf2\super [356]} from Judah. Those people came here to Egypt. But I will destroy those few survivors from the family of Judah. They will be killed with swords or die from hunger. They will be something that people of other nations will speak evil about. Other nations will be afraid at what happened to those people. Those people will become a curse word. Other nations will insult those people of Judah.

Jeremiah 44:13

I will punish those people that have gone to live in Egypt. I will use swords, hunger, and terrible sicknesses to punish them. I will punish those people just like I punished the city of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 46:14

“Announce this message in Egypt.\par Tell it in the city of Migdol.\par Tell it in Memphis and Tahpanhes.\par ‘Get ready for war.\par Why? Because people all around you\par are being killed with swords.’\par

Jeremiah 46:19

People of Egypt, pack your things.\par Get ready for captivity.\par Why? Because Memphis will be\par a ruined, empty land.\par Those cities will be destroyed,\par and no person will live there.\par

Ezekiel 30:13

The Lord my Master says these things:\par “I will also destroy the idols {\cf2\super [247]} in Egypt.\par I will take the statues away from Memphis.\par There won’t be a leader anymore\par in the land of Egypt,\par And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.\par

Ezekiel 30:16

I will start a fire in Egypt;\par The city named Sin will ache with fear.\par The soldiers will break into the city No,\par and Memphis will have new troubles\par every day.\par

Hosea 10:8

Israel sinned and built many high places. {\cf2\super [104]} The high places of Aven {\cf2\super [105]} will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow on their altars. {\cf2\super [106]} Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Hosea 11:11

They will come from Egypt\par shaking like birds.\par They will come shaking like doves\par from the land of Assyria.\par And I will take them back home.”\par The Lord said that.\par

Hosea 2:6

“So, I (the Lord) will block your \{(Israel’s) road with thorns. I will build a wall. Then she will not be able to find her paths.

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove without understanding.\par The people called to Egypt for help.\par The people went to Assyria for help.\par

Hosea 7:13

It will be bad for them.\par They left me.\par They refused to obey me.\par So they will be destroyed.\par I saved those people.\par But they speak lies against me.\par

Hosea 7:16

But they were like a boomerang. {\cf2\super [74]} \par They changed directions,\par but they did not come back to me. {\cf2\super [75]} \par Their leaders bragged \{about their strength\}.\par But they will be killed with swords.\par And the people in Egypt will laugh at them.\par

Hosea 8:13

The Israelites love sacrifices. {\cf2\super [82]} \par They offer the meat and eat it.\par The Lord does not accept their sacrifices.\par He remembers their sins.\par And he will punish them.\par They will be carried as prisoners to Egypt.\par

Hosea 9:3

The Israelites will not stay in the Lord’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt. In Assyria they will eat food that they should not eat.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and destroy you. Your land will become empty and your cities will be destroyed.

Zephaniah 1:11

You people living in the lower part of town will cry. Why? Because all the businessmen and rich merchants will be destroyed.

1 Samuel 13:6

The Israelites saw that they were in trouble. They felt trapped. They ran away to hide in caves and cracks in the rock. They hid among the rocks, in wells, and in other holes in the ground.