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Example Description: The Prophets Speak: Voices Calling Israel Home
Throughout Israel’s turbulent history, God raised up prophets to call His people back to faithfulness, justice, and hope. In The Prophets Speak, you’ll journey through the major and minor prophetic books, encountering voices that challenged corruption, comforted the brokenhearted, and pointed toward the coming Messiah.
What You’ll Learn
Historical Context: Grasp the political, social, and spiritual landscape in which each prophet ministered.
Prophetic Themes: Identify key themes—judgment, repentance, restoration, and consolation—and their relevance for today.
Literary Styles: Explore the diverse forms of prophetic literature, from oracles and laments to visions and symbolic actions.
Messianic Hope: Discover how passages from Isaiah, Micah, and others foreshadow Jesus’ life and mission.
Application for Today: Draw parallels between ancient calls to holiness and our modern challenges, equipping you to speak truth in love.
Course Format & Modules
Voice in the Wilderness – Introduction to prophecy, the role of the prophet, and first hearings of Isaiah and HOSEA.
Words of Warning – Deep dive into Jeremiah and Amos: justice, idolatry, and God’s courtroom.
History in Lament – Exploring Lamentations and Ezekiel’s dramatic enactments of exile.
Songs of Restoration – Comforting visions in Isaiah’s later chapters and Joel’s promise of the Spirit.
Minor Voices, Major Impact – Studying Micah, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk’s messages for the remnant.
Prophetic Future – Revelation of ultimate restoration and the prophetic call to live in hope.
Keywords: AZAZIAH,HOSHEA,JOEL
Description: 1 Chronicles 27:20
NET Translation: Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites, Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh,
DARBY Translation: for the children of Ephraim, HOSEA the son of Azaziah; for the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
KJV Translation: Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
Keywords: ADULTERY,BAAL,HOSEA,AHAZ,BACKSLIDERS,BEERI,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,PROPHETS
Description: HOSEA 1:1
NET Translation: This is the Lord’s message that came to HOSEA son of Beeri during the time of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the time of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.
DARBY Translation: TheHOSEA'), Strictly 'Hoshea,' meaning, 'Deliverance.' see Num. 13.16." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D6112 word of Jehovah that came unto HOSEA, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
KJV Translation: The word of the LORD that came unto HOSEA, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Verse Intro: The Lord's Message through HOSEA
Keywords: IDOLATRY,MARRIAGE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PROPHETS,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES,WOMEN
Description: HOSEA 1:2
NET Translation: When the Lord first spoke through HOSEA, he said to him, “Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord.”
DARBY Translation: The beginning of the word of Jehovah through HOSEA. And Jehovah said to HOSEA, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms; for the land is entirely given up to whoredom, away from Jehovah.
KJV Translation: The beginning of the word of the LORD by HOSEA. And the LORD said to HOSEA, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] from the LORD.
Verse Intro: Object Lesson - HOSEA Marries a Prostitute and has Children
Keywords: DIBLAIM,GOMER,NAME,WOMEN
Description: HOSEA 1:3
NET Translation: So HOSEA married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.
DARBY Translation: And he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived and bore him a son.
KJV Translation: So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
Keywords: HOMICIDE,JEHU,JEZREEL,NAME
Description: HOSEA 1:4
NET Translation: Then the Lord said to HOSEA, “Name him ‘Jezreel,’ because in a little while I will punish the dynasty of Jehu on account of the bloodshed in the valley of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name JizreelD6113; for yet a little, and I will visit the bloodD6114 of Jizreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avengeK6039the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Keywords: BOW,JEZREEL
Description: HOSEA 1:5
NET Translation: At that time, I will destroy the military power of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
DARBY Translation: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel.
KJV Translation: And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
Keywords: LO-RUHAMAH,NAME
Description: HOSEA 1:6
NET Translation: She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt.
DARBY Translation: And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamahD6115; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, so that I should pardon themD6116.
KJV Translation: And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name LoruhamahK6040: for I will no moreK6041have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them awayK6042.
Keywords: GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: HOSEA 1:7
NET Translation: But I will have pity on the nation of Judah. I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior’s bow, by sword, by military victory, by chariot horses, or by chariots.”
DARBY Translation: But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God; and I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, [or] by horses, or by horsemen.
KJV Translation: But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Description: HOSEA 1:8
NET Translation: When she had weaned “No Pity” (Lo-Ruhamah), she conceived again and gave birth to another son.
DARBY Translation: And she weaned Lo-ruhamah; and she conceived and bore a son;
KJV Translation: Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
Keywords: ADOPTION,LO-AMMI,NAME
Description: HOSEA 1:9
NET Translation: Then the Lord said: “Name him ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God.”
DARBY Translation: and he said, Call his name Lo-ammiD6117; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for youD6118.
KJV Translation: Then said [God], Call his name LoammiK6043: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God].
Keywords: GOD,PROPHECY,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: HOSEA 1:10
NET Translation: (2:1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea that can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are children of the living God!”
DARBY Translation: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living God.
KJV Translation: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] inK6044the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
Verse Intro: Israel to be Recovered in the Future
Keywords: JEZREEL
Description: HOSEA 1:11
NET Translation: Then the people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, and will flourish in the land. Certainly, the day of Jezreel will be great!
DARBY Translation: And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up out of the land: for great is the day of Jizreel.
KJV Translation: Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezreel.
Keywords: BAAL,BACKSLIDERS,CHURCH,CONDESCENSION OF GOD,AMMI,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,NAME,RUHAMAH
Description: HOSEA 2:1
NET Translation: Then you will call your brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)!
DARBY Translation: Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, RuhamahD6119.
KJV Translation: Say ye unto your brethren, AmmiK6045; and to your sisters, RuhamahK6046.
Keywords: IDOLATRY
Description: HOSEA 2:2
NET Translation: “Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
DARBY Translation: Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husbandD6120: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
KJV Translation: Plead with your mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Verse Intro: Israel to be Punished as a Prostitute
Description: HOSEA 2:3
NET Translation: Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst.
DARBY Translation: lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
KJV Translation: Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Description: HOSEA 2:4
NET Translation: I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.
DARBY Translation: And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.
KJV Translation: And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they [be] the children of whoredoms.
Keywords: FLAX,OIL
Description: HOSEA 2:5
NET Translation: For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, “I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine.
DARBY Translation: For their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
KJV Translation: For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drinkK6047.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,FENCE,HEDGE,THORN
Description: HOSEA 2:6
NET Translation: “Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
DARBY Translation: Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [her] in with a wallD6121, that she shall not find her paths.
KJV Translation: Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wallK6048, that she shall not find her paths.
Verse Intro: The Lord will Work to Bring Israel Back to Himself
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,REPENTANCE
Description: HOSEA 2:7
NET Translation: Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.’
DARBY Translation: And she shall pursue after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, and shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then was it better with me than now.
KJV Translation: And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then [was it] better with me than now.
Keywords: AGRICULTURE,BLESSING,GOD,INGRATITUDE,WINE
Description: HOSEA 2:8
NET Translation: “Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold—that they used in worshiping Baal!
DARBY Translation: And she did not know that I had given her the corn and the new wine and the oil, and had multiplied to her the silver and gold, which they employed for BaalD6122.
KJV Translation: For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wineK6049, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.
Verse Intro: The Lord Withdraws the Fertility of the Land from Israel
Keywords: FLAX,INGRATITUDE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 2:9
NET Translation: Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax that I had provided in order to clothe her.
DARBY Translation: Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
KJV Translation: Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recoverK6051my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness.
Description: HOSEA 2:10
NET Translation: Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me!
DARBY Translation: And now will I discover her impietyD6123 in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
KJV Translation: And now will I discover her lewdnessK6052in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
Keywords: SABBATH
Description: HOSEA 2:11
NET Translation: I will put an end to all her celebrations: her annual religious festivals, monthly new moon celebrations, and weekly Sabbath festivities—all her appointed festivals.
DARBY Translation: And I will cause all her mirth to cease: her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths! and all her solemnities.
KJV Translation: I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Description: HOSEA 2:12
NET Translation: I will destroy her vines and fig trees, about which she said, ‘These are my wages for prostitution that my lovers gave to me!’ I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees into an uncultivated thicket, so that wild animals will devour them.
DARBY Translation: And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards which my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
KJV Translation: And I will destroyK6053her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These [are] my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
Keywords: BAALIM,HARLOT (PROSTITUTE)
Description: HOSEA 2:13
NET Translation: I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the Lord.
DARBY Translation: And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewelsD6124, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saithD6125 Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,GOD,ISRAEL,PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Description: HOSEA 2:14
NET Translation: “However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
DARBY Translation: Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heartD6126.
KJV Translation: Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortablyK6054unto her.
Verse Intro: The Lord will Lead Israel Back in the Future
Keywords: ACHOR,AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,DOOR,HOPE
Description: HOSEA 2:15
NET Translation: From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the ‘Valley of Trouble’ into an ‘Opportunity for Hope.’ There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall singD6127 there, as in the days of her youthD6128 and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
KJV Translation: And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Keywords: BAALI,ISHI
Description: HOSEA 2:16
NET Translation: At that time,” declares the Lord, “you will call, ‘My husband’; you will never again call me, ‘My master.’
DARBY Translation: And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [that] thou shalt call me, My husbandD6129, and shalt call me no more, BaaliD6130;
KJV Translation: And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me IshiK6055; and shalt call me no more BaaliK6056.
Keywords: BAALIM
Description: HOSEA 2:17
NET Translation: For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!
DARBY Translation: for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
KJV Translation: For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Keywords: GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,NATION,PEACE
Description: HOSEA 2:18
NET Translation: “At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior’s bow and sword—that is, every weapon of warfare—from the land, and I will allow them to live securely.
DARBY Translation: And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely.
KJV Translation: And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Verse Intro: The Lord to Make a New Covenant with Israel in the Future
Keywords: GOD,HUSBAND,MARRIAGE
Description: HOSEA 2:19
NET Translation: I will commit myself to you forever; I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion.
DARBY Translation: And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment,D6131 and in loving-kindnessD6132, and in mercies;
KJV Translation: And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Keywords: GOD,HUSBAND,MARRIAGE
Description: HOSEA 2:20
NET Translation: I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the Lord.
DARBY Translation: and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Jehovah.
KJV Translation: I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
Keywords: GOD
Description: HOSEA 2:21
NET Translation: “At that time, I will willingly respond,” declares the Lord. “I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;
DARBY Translation: And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith Jehovah, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
KJV Translation: And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
Verse Intro: The Lord Will Restore the Fertility of the Land
Keywords: GOD,WINE
Description: HOSEA 2:22
NET Translation: then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)!
DARBY Translation: and the earth shall hear the corn, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall hear JizreelD6133.
KJV Translation: And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Keywords: GENTILES,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,PROPHECY,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: HOSEA 2:23
NET Translation: Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), ‘You are my people!’ And he will say, ‘You are my God!’”
DARBY Translation: And I will sow her unto me in the land; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, Thou art my people; and they shall say, My God.
KJV Translation: And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [them which were] not my people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,FLAGON,POLYGAMY,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES,WOMEN
Description: HOSEA 3:1
NET Translation: The Lord said to me, “Go, show love to your wife again, even though she loves another man and continually commits adultery. Likewise, the Lord loves the Israelites although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friendD6134, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes.
KJV Translation: Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wineK6057.
Verse Intro: Object Lesson - HOSEA Redeems His Wife
Keywords: BARLEY,MARRIAGE,MEASURE,POLYGAMY
Description: HOSEA 3:2
NET Translation: So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.
DARBY Translation: So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homerD6135 of barley.
KJV Translation: So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homerK6058of barley:
Keywords: BEAR
Description: HOSEA 3:3
NET Translation: Then I told her, “You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or become joined to another man, and I also will wait for you.”
DARBY Translation: And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be [another] man's, and I will also be for thee.
KJV Translation: And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee.
Keywords: EPHOD
Description: HOSEA 3:4
NET Translation: For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.
DARBY Translation: For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without statueD6136, and without ephod and teraphim.
KJV Translation: For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an imageK6059, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim:
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,DAVID,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,REPENTANCE,SEEKERS
Description: HOSEA 3:5
NET Translation: Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in future days.
DARBY Translation: Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness, at the end of the days.
KJV Translation: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
Keywords: CHURCH,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,JOTHAM,ADULTERY,BLINDNESS,CHARACTER,CRIME,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,HOMICIDE,MERCY,REASONING,SIN,THEFT AND THIEVES,TRUTH
Description: HOSEA 4:1
NET Translation: Listen to the Lord’s message, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.
DARBY Translation: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodnessD6137, nor knowledge of God in the land.
KJV Translation: Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Verse Intro: The Lord Has a Case Against Israel
Keywords: ADULTERY,CRIME,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: HOSEA 4:2
NET Translation: There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
DARBY Translation: Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
KJV Translation: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodK6060toucheth blood.
Keywords: TRUTH
Description: HOSEA 4:3
NET Translation: Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.
DARBY Translation: For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
KJV Translation: Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Keywords: PRIEST
Description: HOSEA 4:4
NET Translation: Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!
DARBY Translation: Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
KJV Translation: Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest.
Verse Intro: The Lord Has a Case Against the Priesthood
Description: HOSEA 4:5
NET Translation: You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; you have destroyed your own people.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.
KJV Translation: Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroyK6061thy mother.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,BLINDNESS,FORGETTING GOD,IGNORANCE,KNOWLEDGE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: HOSEA 4:6
NET Translation: You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
DARBY Translation: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledgeD6138; for thou hast rejected knowledgeD6139, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
KJV Translation: My people are destroyedK6062for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Keywords: GLORY,INGRATITUDE,PROSPERITY
Description: HOSEA 4:7
NET Translation: The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!
DARBY Translation: As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
KJV Translation: As they were increased, so they sinned against me: [therefore] will I change their glory into shame.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 4:8
NET Translation: They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!
DARBY Translation: They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.
KJV Translation: They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquityK6063.
Keywords: CHURCH,EXAMPLE,INFLUENCE,JUDGMENT,PROVERBS
Description: HOSEA 4:9
NET Translation: I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.
DARBY Translation: And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;
KJV Translation: And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punishK6064them for their ways, and rewardK6065them their doings.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS
Description: HOSEA 4:10
NET Translation: They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.
DARBY Translation: and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
KJV Translation: For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
Keywords: ADULTERY,DRUNKENNESS,WINE
Description: HOSEA 4:11
NET Translation: Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.
DARBY Translation: Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
KJV Translation: Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Keywords: IDOLATRY,SORCERY
Description: HOSEA 4:12
NET Translation: They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
DARBY Translation: My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
KJV Translation: My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Keywords: ELM,MOUNTAIN,POPLAR,WOMEN
Description: HOSEA 4:13
NET Translation: They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!
DARBY Translation: they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because the shade thereof is good; therefore your daughters play the harlot and your daughters-in-lawD6140 commit adultery.
KJV Translation: They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof [is] good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,SODOMITES,WOMEN
Description: HOSEA 4:14
NET Translation: I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”
DARBY Translation: I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-lawD6141 for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruinD6142.
KJV Translation: I will notK6066punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people [that] doth not understand shall fallK6067.
Keywords: BETH-AVEN,EXAMPLE,GILGAL,OATH
Description: HOSEA 4:15
NET Translation: Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal. Do not go up to Beth Aven. Do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”
DARBY Translation: Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah trespass; and come ye not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-avenD6143, nor swear [As] Jehovah liveth!
KJV Translation: Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Verse Intro: Judah Warned Not to Join Idoltrous Israel in Sin
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,HEIFER
Description: HOSEA 4:16
NET Translation: Israel has rebelled like a stubborn heifer! Soon the Lord will put them out to pasture like a lamb in a broad field.
DARBY Translation: For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].
KJV Translation: For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Keywords: ALLIANCES,COMPANY,EPHRAIM,HOLY SPIRIT,IMPENITENCE,SELF-DELUSION,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 4:17
NET Translation: Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!
DARBY Translation: Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.
KJV Translation: Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,HOLY SPIRIT
Description: HOSEA 4:18
NET Translation: They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior.
DARBY Translation: Their drink is sourD6144; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great menD6145 passionately love [their] shame.
KJV Translation: Their drink is sourK6068: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulersK6069[with] shame do love, Give ye.
Keywords: WIND
Description: HOSEA 4:19
NET Translation: A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.
DARBY Translation: The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
KJV Translation: The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,IDOLATRY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,TABOR
Description: HOSEA 5:1
NET Translation: Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you. For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
DARBY Translation: Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: forD6146 this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
KJV Translation: Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Verse Intro: Announcement of Judgment Against Israel
Description: HOSEA 5:2
NET Translation: Those who revolt are knee-deep in slaughter, but I will discipline them all.
DARBY Translation: And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasyD6147, but I will be a chastiser of them all.
KJV Translation: And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, thoughK6070I [have been] a rebukerK6071of them all.
Keywords: EPHRAIM,SIN
Description: HOSEA 5:3
NET Translation: I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.
DARBY Translation: I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.
KJV Translation: I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, [and] Israel is defiled.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,IMPENITENCE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 5:4
NET Translation: Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; for a spirit of idolatry is in them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Their doings do not allow them toD6148 return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.
KJV Translation: They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Keywords: EPHRAIM,EXAMPLE,PRIDE
Description: HOSEA 5:5
NET Translation: The arrogance of Israel testifies against it; Israel and Ephraim will be overthrown because of their iniquity. Even Judah will be brought down with them.
DARBY Translation: And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
KJV Translation: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
Keywords: HOLY SPIRIT,OPPORTUNITY,REPROBACY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 5:6
NET Translation: Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him—he has withdrawn himself from them!
DARBY Translation: They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find [him]: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
KJV Translation: They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Verse Intro: Sacrifice Without Obedience is Ineffective
Description: HOSEA 5:7
NET Translation: They have committed treason against the Lord, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.
DARBY Translation: They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moonD6149 devour them, with their allotted possessionsD6150.
KJV Translation: They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Keywords: BETH-AVEN,RAMAH
Description: HOSEA 5:8
NET Translation: Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah! Sound the alarm in Beth Aven; tremble in fear, O Benjamin!
DARBY Translation: Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; cry aloudD6151 [at] Beth-aven: behind thee, O Benjamin!
KJV Translation: Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Verse Intro: Judgment Declared Against Israel and Judah
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 5:9
NET Translation: Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment. What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!
DARBY Translation: Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.
KJV Translation: Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Keywords: LANDMARKS,RULERS
Description: HOSEA 5:10
NET Translation: The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood.
DARBY Translation: The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
KJV Translation: The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Description: HOSEA 5:11
NET Translation: Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man]D6152.
KJV Translation: Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Keywords: MOTH
Description: HOSEA 5:12
NET Translation: I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.
DARBY Translation: And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
KJV Translation: Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottennessK6074.
Keywords: ASSYRIA,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,JAREB,THE SICK
Description: HOSEA 5:13
NET Translation: When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you. He cannot cure your wound!
DARBY Translation: When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king JarebD6153; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.
KJV Translation: When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king JarebK6075: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Keywords: EPHRAIM,LION
Description: HOSEA 5:14
NET Translation: I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
DARBY Translation: For I will be unto Ephraim as a lionD6154, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
KJV Translation: For I [will be] unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, [even] I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue [him].
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,REPENTANCE,SEEKERS
Description: HOSEA 5:15
NET Translation: Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
DARBY Translation: I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespassD6155, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earlyD6156.
KJV Translation: I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offenceK6076, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Keywords: CHURCH,AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,BACKSLIDERS,REPENTANCE
Description: HOSEA 6:1
NET Translation: Come on! Let’s return to the Lord. He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!
DARBY Translation: Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
KJV Translation: Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Verse Intro: Fleeting Superficial Repentance Gives False Assurance
Description: HOSEA 6:2
NET Translation: He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
DARBY Translation: After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
KJV Translation: After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Keywords: BLESSING,RIGHTEOUS,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES,WISDOM
Description: HOSEA 6:3
NET Translation: So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.
DARBY Translation: and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
KJV Translation: Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,CHARACTER,CLOUD,DEW,EPHRAIM,HYPOCRISY,INSTABILITY,LUKEWARMNESS,METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA
Description: HOSEA 6:4
NET Translation: What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew.
DARBY Translation: What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodnessD6157 is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.
KJV Translation: O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodnessK6077[is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Verse Intro: Transitory Faithfulness Still Leads to Judgment
Keywords: INSTABILITY,WORD OF GOD
Description: HOSEA 6:5
NET Translation: Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment, for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.
DARBY Translation: Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the lightD6158.
KJV Translation: Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.
Keywords: FORMALISM,KNOWLEDGE,OFFERINGS,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,WISDOM,WORSHIP
Description: HOSEA 6:6
NET Translation: For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
DARBY Translation: For I delight in loving-kindnessD6159, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
KJV Translation: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Keywords: ADAM,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,FALL OF MAN
Description: HOSEA 6:7
NET Translation: At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!
DARBY Translation: But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
KJV Translation: But they like menK6079have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Keywords: GILEAD,SIN
Description: HOSEA 6:8
NET Translation: Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!
DARBY Translation: Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with bloodD6160.
KJV Translation: Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with bloodK6080.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,ROBBERS
Description: HOSEA 6:9
NET Translation: The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!
DARBY Translation: And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
KJV Translation: And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consentK6081: for they commit lewdnessK6082.
Keywords: EPHRAIM
Description: HOSEA 6:10
NET Translation: I have seen a disgusting thing in the house of Israel: there Ephraim commits prostitution with other gods, and Israel defiles itself.
DARBY Translation: In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing: the whoredom of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.
KJV Translation: I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Description: HOSEA 6:11
NET Translation: I have appointed a time to reap judgment for you also, O Judah!
DARBY Translation: Also, for thee, Judah, is a harvest appointed, when I shall turn again the captivity of my people.
KJV Translation: Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Keywords: ROBBERS,SIN
Description: HOSEA 7:1
NET Translation: whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.
DARBY Translation: When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, [and] the troop of robbers assaileth without.
KJV Translation: When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickednessK6083of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoilethK6084without.
Verse Intro: Despite the Lord's Desire to Heal, Isreal Continues to Sin"""
Keywords: GODLESSNESS,SIN
Description: HOSEA 7:2
NET Translation: They do not realize that I remember all their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
DARBY Translation: And they say not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
KJV Translation: And they consider notK6085in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Keywords: RULERS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 7:3
NET Translation: The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.
DARBY Translation: They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
KJV Translation: They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Keywords: ADULTERY,BAKER,BREAD,DOUGH,FURNACE,LEAVEN (YEAST),OVEN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 7:4
NET Translation: They are all like bakers, they are like a smoldering oven; they are like a baker who does not stoke the fire until the kneaded dough is ready for baking.
DARBY Translation: They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
KJV Translation: They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Keywords: COMPANY,DRUNKENNESS,INFIDELITY,KING,SCOFFING,TEMPTATION,WINE
Description: HOSEA 7:5
NET Translation: At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.
DARBY Translation: In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.
KJV Translation: In the day of our king the princes have made [him] sick with bottles of wineK6088; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Keywords: BAKER,OVEN
Description: HOSEA 7:6
NET Translation: They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.
DARBY Translation: For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.
KJV Translation: For they have made readyK6089their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Keywords: OVEN,PRAYERLESSNESS
Description: HOSEA 7:7
NET Translation: All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them call on me!
DARBY Translation: They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
KJV Translation: They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.
Keywords: CHARACTER,COMPANY,COOKING
Description: HOSEA 7:8
NET Translation: Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
KJV Translation: Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,COMPANY,CONFIDENCE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 7:9
NET Translation: Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it. His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it.
DARBY Translation: Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth [it] not.
KJV Translation: Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea, gray hairs are here and thereK6090upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,PRIDE
Description: HOSEA 7:10
NET Translation: The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God. In spite of all this they refuse to seek him.
DARBY Translation: And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek him for all this.
KJV Translation: And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,FALSE CONFIDENCE
Description: HOSEA 7:11
NET Translation: Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.
DARBY Translation: And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understandingD6161: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
KJV Translation: Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Verse Intro: Israel Turns to Egypt and Assyria for Help and Away from the Lord
Keywords: CHASTISEMENT,NATION,NET,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 7:12
NET Translation: I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying; I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together.
DARBY Translation: When they go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens; I will chastise them, according as their assembly hath heard.
KJV Translation: When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Keywords: BLASPHEMY,IMPENITENCE,INFIDELITY,INGRATITUDE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 7:13
NET Translation: Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speakD6162 lies against me.
KJV Translation: Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destructionK6091unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,DRUNKENNESS,HYPOCRISY,WINE
Description: HOSEA 7:14
NET Translation: They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; they slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.
DARBY Translation: And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.
KJV Translation: And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me.
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,INFIDELITY,INGRATITUDE
Description: HOSEA 7:15
NET Translation: Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me!
DARBY Translation: I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.
KJV Translation: Though I have boundK6092[and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Keywords: ANGER,HYPOCRISY
Description: HOSEA 7:16
NET Translation: They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: They return, [but] not to the [Most] High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
KJV Translation: They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,EAGLE
Description: HOSEA 8:1
NET Translation: Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me and have rebelled against my law.
DARBY Translation: Set the trumpetD6163 to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
KJV Translation: [Set] the trumpet to thy mouthK6093. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Verse Intro: Their Assyrian Lover will be the Means of Punishment
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,PROFESSION
Description: HOSEA 8:2
NET Translation: Israel cries out to me, “My God, we acknowledge you!”
DARBY Translation: They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; [we], Israel.
KJV Translation: Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY
Description: HOSEA 8:3
NET Translation: But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.
DARBY Translation: Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
KJV Translation: Israel hath cast off [the thing that is] good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Keywords: GOVERNMENT,IDOL,KING
Description: HOSEA 8:4
NET Translation: They enthroned kings without my consent. They appointed princes without my approval. They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!
DARBY Translation: They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
KJV Translation: They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew [it] not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Keywords: CALF,IDOLATRY
Description: HOSEA 8:5
NET Translation: O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol. My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!
DARBY Translation: Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] offD6164; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purityD6165?
KJV Translation: Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast [thee] off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long [will it be] ere they attain to innocency?
Keywords: CALF,IDOLATRY
Description: HOSEA 8:6
NET Translation: That idol was made by a workman—it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.
DARBY Translation: For from Israel is this also: a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [broken in] pieces.
KJV Translation: For from Israel [was] it also: the workman made it; therefore it [is] not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Keywords: METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,SIN,SOWER,WHIRLWIND
Description: HOSEA 8:7
NET Translation: They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
DARBY Translation: For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
KJV Translation: For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalkK6094: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Description: HOSEA 8:8
NET Translation: Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.
DARBY Translation: Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
KJV Translation: Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure.
Keywords: ASS (DONKEY)
Description: HOSEA 8:9
NET Translation: They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.
DARBY Translation: For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
KJV Translation: For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired loversK6095.
Description: HOSEA 8:10
NET Translation: Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.
DARBY Translation: Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened underD6166 the burden of the king of princesD6167.
KJV Translation: Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrowK6096a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Keywords: ALTAR,EPHRAIM
Description: HOSEA 8:11
NET Translation: Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.
DARBY Translation: Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sinD6168, altars shall be unto him to sin.
KJV Translation: Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
Verse Intro: Sacrifice Without Obedience is Ineffective
Keywords: DECALOGUE,TABLE,WORD OF GOD
Description: HOSEA 8:12
NET Translation: I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them.
DARBY Translation: I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
KJV Translation: I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.
Keywords: EGYPT,HYPOCRISY,OFFERINGS
Description: HOSEA 8:13
NET Translation: They offer up sacrificial gifts to me and eat the meat, but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.
DARBY Translation: They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
KJV Translation: They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it; but] the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,FORGETTING GOD
Description: HOSEA 8:14
NET Translation: Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels.
DARBY Translation: For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth templesD6169; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
KJV Translation: For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,BACKSLIDERS,WORLDLINESS
Description: HOSEA 9:1
NET Translation: O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly like the nations, for you are unfaithful to your God. You love to receive a prostitute’s wages on all the floors where you thresh your grain.
DARBY Translation: Rejoice not, Israel, exultingly, as the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.
KJV Translation: Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward uponK6098every cornfloor.
Verse Intro: Their Misplaced Confidence in Assyria will Result in Return to Egypt
Keywords: THRESHING
Description: HOSEA 9:2
NET Translation: Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, and new wine only deceives them.
DARBY Translation: The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall failD6170 her.
KJV Translation: The floor and the winepressK6099shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
Keywords: ASSYRIA,CANAAN
Description: HOSEA 9:3
NET Translation: They will not remain in the Lord’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt; they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
DARBY Translation: They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.
KJV Translation: They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean [things] in Assyria.
Keywords: BREAD,HYPOCRISY,MOURNING
Description: HOSEA 9:4
NET Translation: They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
DARBY Translation: They shall pour out no [offerings of] wine to Jehovah, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him: they shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be defiled: for their bread shall be for themselvesD6171; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: They shall not offer wine [offerings] to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices [shall be] unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Description: HOSEA 9:5
NET Translation: So what will you do on the festival day, on the festival days of the Lord?
DARBY Translation: What will ye do in the day of assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
KJV Translation: What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
Keywords: MEMPHIS,NETTLES
Description: HOSEA 9:6
NET Translation: Look! Even if they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure—thorn bushes will occupy their homes.
DARBY Translation: For behold, they are gone away because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, MophD6172 shall bury them: their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
KJV Translation: For, lo, they are gone because of destructionK6100: 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.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 9:7
NET Translation: The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Israel will be humbled! The prophet is considered a fool—the inspired man is viewed as a madman—because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.
DARBY Translation: The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know [it]: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.
KJV Translation: The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual manK6102[is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
Keywords: CHURCH,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: HOSEA 9:8
NET Translation: The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God, yet traps are laid for him along all his paths; animosity rages against him in the land of his God.
DARBY Translation: Is Ephraim a watchman with my GodD6173? [nay] the prophet is a fowler's snare on all his ways, enmity in the house of his God.
KJV Translation: The watchman of Ephraim [was] with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare of a fowler inK6103all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.
Keywords: GIBEAH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 9:9
NET Translation: They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.
DARBY Translation: They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of GibeahD6174. He will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
KJV Translation: They have deeply corrupted [themselves], as in the days of Gibeah: [therefore] he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Verse Intro: Israel Has Become Corrupt in Seeking After the Sin of Peor
Keywords: BAAL-PEOR,GOD,IDOLATRY,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 9:10
NET Translation: When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame—they became as detestable as what they loved.
DARBY Translation: I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness; as first-ripeD6175 fruit on the fig-tree, I saw your fathers at the beginning: they went to Baal-Peor, and separated themselves unto that shame, and became abominations like their lover.
KJV Translation: I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: HOSEA 9:11
NET Translation: Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children—they will not enjoy pregnancy—they will not even conceive!
DARBY Translation: As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away as a bird, no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
KJV Translation: [As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
Keywords: BEREAVEMENT,HOLY SPIRIT,SIN
Description: HOSEA 9:12
NET Translation: Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.
DARBY Translation: For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that] not a man [remain]: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!
KJV Translation: Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Keywords: TYRE,WORLDLINESS
Description: HOSEA 9:13
NET Translation: Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim, as I saw [him], was a Tyre plantedD6176 in a beautiful placeD6177; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer.
KJV Translation: Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, [is] planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Keywords: ABORTION
Description: HOSEA 9:14
NET Translation: Give them, O Lord—what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!
DARBY Translation: Give them, Jehovah what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
KJV Translation: Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarryingK6104womb and dry breasts.
Keywords: GILGAL,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 9:15
NET Translation: Because of all their evil in Gilgal, I hate them there. On account of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land. I will no longer love them; all their rulers are rebels.
DARBY Translation: All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings, I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebelliousD6178.
KJV Translation: All their wickedness [is] in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes [are] revolters.
Description: HOSEA 9:16
NET Translation: Ephraim will be struck down—their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved [fruit] of their womb.
KJV Translation: Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay [even] the belovedK6105[fruit] of their womb.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,ISRAEL,PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Description: HOSEA 9:17
NET Translation: My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.
DARBY Translation: My God hath rejected them, because they hearkened not unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
KJV Translation: My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Keywords: IDOLATRY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,COVETOUSNESS,GRAPE,HYPOCRISY,UNFAITHFULNESS
Description: HOSEA 10:1
NET Translation: Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.
DARBY Translation: Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himselfD6179: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statuesD6180.
KJV Translation: Israel [is] an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruitK6106unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly imagesK6107.
Keywords: CHARACTER,HEART,IDOLATRY,INDECISION,LUKEWARMNESS,UNFAITHFULNESS
Description: HOSEA 10:2
NET Translation: Their hearts are slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.
DARBY Translation: Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statuesD6181.
KJV Translation: Their heart is dividedK6108; now shall they be found faulty: he shall breakK6109down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Keywords: DOUBTING,HOSHEA
Description: HOSEA 10:3
NET Translation: Very soon they will say, “We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?”
DARBY Translation: For now they will say, We have no king, forD6182 we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?
KJV Translation: For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
Verse Intro: Israel to Be Punsihed, Kinf Removed, and Taken into Exile"""
Keywords: HEMLOCK,HYPOCRISY,PERJURY
Description: HOSEA 10:4
NET Translation: They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.
DARBY Translation: They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenantD6183; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.
KJV Translation: They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Keywords: BETH-AVEN,CALF,CHEMARIM
Description: HOSEA 10:5
NET Translation: The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.
DARBY Translation: The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calfD6184 of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the idolatrous priestsD6185 thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.
KJV Translation: The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
Keywords: CALF,JAREB
Description: HOSEA 10:6
NET Translation: Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.
DARBY Translation: Yea, it shall be carried unto Assyria [as] a present for king JarebD6186: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
KJV Translation: It shall be also carried unto Assyria [for] a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Keywords: HOSHEA,RULERS
Description: HOSEA 10:7
NET Translation: Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.
DARBY Translation: As for Samaria her king is cut off as chipsD6187 upon the face of the waters.
KJV Translation: [As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the waterK6111.
Keywords: AVEN,DESPONDENCY,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,THISTLE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 10:8
NET Translation: The high places of the “House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
DARBY Translation: And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up upon their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us! and to the hills, Fall on us!
KJV Translation: The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Keywords: GIBEAH
Description: HOSEA 10:9
NET Translation: O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?
DARBY Translation: FromD6188 the days of Gibeah hast thou sinned, O Israel: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
KJV Translation: O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
Verse Intro: Failure to Learn from the Past - Plowing and Reaping Wickedness
Keywords: CHASTISEMENT,GOD
Description: HOSEA 10:10
NET Translation: When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.
DARBY Translation: At my pleasure will I chastise them; and the peoples shall be assembled against them, when they are bound for their two iniquitiesD6189.
KJV Translation: [It is] in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
Keywords: COW,HEIFER,PRIDE,THRESHING
Description: HOSEA 10:11
NET Translation: Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yoke on her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!
DARBY Translation: And Ephraim is a trained heifer, that loveth to tread out [the corn]; I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to draw; Judah shall plough, Jacob shall break his clods.
KJV Translation: And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to tread out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her fair neckK6113: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his clods.
Keywords: DESIRE,REAPING,REPENTANCE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEED,SEEKERS,SOWER,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES
Description: HOSEA 10:12
NET Translation: Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
DARBY Translation: Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
KJV Translation: Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,REAPING,SIN
Description: HOSEA 10:13
NET Translation: But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.
DARBY Translation: Ye have ploughed wickedness, reaped iniquityD6190, eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst confide in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
KJV Translation: Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Keywords: BETH-ARBEL,SHALMAN,WAR
Description: HOSEA 10:14
NET Translation: The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
DARBY Translation: And a tumult shall arise among thy peoples, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with the children.
KJV Translation: Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her] children.
Description: HOSEA 10:15
NET Translation: So will it happen to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness! When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be destroyed.
DARBY Translation: So shall Bethel do unto you because of the wickedness of your wickedness: at day-break shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
KJV Translation: So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickednessK6114: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Keywords: ADOPTION,GOD,INGRATITUDE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: HOSEA 11:1
NET Translation: “When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
KJV Translation: When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Verse Intro: The Exodus is Reversed - Back to Assyria and Egypt
Keywords: BAALIM,BACKSLIDERS,IDOLATRY,IMPENITENCE
Description: HOSEA 11:2
NET Translation: But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.
DARBY Translation: As they calledD6191 them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.
KJV Translation: [As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Keywords: BLESSING,CHILDREN,GOD,INGRATITUDE
Description: HOSEA 11:3
NET Translation: Yet it was I who led Ephraim; I took them by the arm, but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.
DARBY Translation: And I it was that taught Ephraim to walk, He took them upon his arms, but they knew not that I healed them.
KJV Translation: I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Keywords: CORD,GOD,ROPE
Description: HOSEA 11:4
NET Translation: I drew them with leather cords, with straps of hide; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them.
DARBY Translation: I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.
KJV Translation: I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take offK6115the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Keywords: ASSYRIA,ISRAEL,PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Description: HOSEA 11:5
NET Translation: They will return to Egypt! Assyria will rule over them because they refuse to repent!
DARBY Translation: He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king; for they refused to return [to me];
KJV Translation: He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,SWORD
Description: HOSEA 11:6
NET Translation: A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.
DARBY Translation: and the sword shall turn about in his cities, and shall consume his barsD6192, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.
KJV Translation: And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,IMPENITENCE
Description: HOSEA 11:7
NET Translation: My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!
DARBY Translation: Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth [him].
KJV Translation: And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him].
Keywords: ADMAH,BACKSLIDERS,GOD,ZEBOIM
Description: HOSEA 11:8
NET Translation: “How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? I have had a change of heart. All my tender compassions are aroused.
DARBY Translation: How shall I give thee overD6193, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
KJV Translation: How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Verse Intro: The Challenge of Weighing Judgment and Mercy - God will Restore Israel
Keywords: ANGER,GOD,ISRAEL,PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Description: HOSEA 11:9
NET Translation: I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you—I will not come in wrath!
DARBY Translation: I will not execute the fierceness of mine angerD6194, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not man, the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not come in anger.
KJV Translation: I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I [am] God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Description: HOSEA 11:10
NET Translation: “He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
DARBY Translation: They shall walk after Jehovah; he shall roar like a lion; when he shall roar, then the children shall hastenD6195 from the westD6196:
KJV Translation: They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Keywords: ASSYRIA
Description: HOSEA 11:11
NET Translation: They will return in fear and trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.
DARBY Translation: they shall hastenD6197 as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will cause them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.
KJV Translation: They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
Keywords: DECEIT,DECISION,HYPOCRISY
Description: HOSEA 11:12
NET Translation: (12:1) Ephraim has surrounded me with lies; the house of Israel has surrounded me with deceit. But Judah still roams about with God; he remains faithful to the Holy One.
DARBY Translation: EphraimD6198 encompasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet walketh with God, and with the holy things of truthD6199.
KJV Translation: Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Verse Intro: God Still Has a Case Against Israel - Return to the God of Jacob
Keywords: ALLIANCES,CONFIDENCE,OIL
Description: HOSEA 12:1
NET Translation: Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth after the east wind: all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
KJV Translation: Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Keywords: ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 12:2
NET Translation: The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
KJV Translation: The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punishK6118Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Keywords: ISRAEL,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: HOSEA 12:3
NET Translation: In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.
DARBY Translation: He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
KJV Translation: He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with GodK6119:
Keywords: BETH-EL,ISRAEL,PRAYER
Description: HOSEA 12:4
NET Translation: He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!
DARBY Translation: Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
KJV Translation: Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;
Description: HOSEA 12:5
NET Translation: As for the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is the name by which he is remembered!
DARBY Translation: even Jehovah, the God of hosts, Jehovah is his memorialD6200.
KJV Translation: Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.
Keywords: MERCY,PERSEVERANCE,REPENTANCE,WAITING
Description: HOSEA 12:6
NET Translation: But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice and by waiting for your God to return to you.
DARBY Translation: And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindnessD6201 and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
KJV Translation: Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Keywords: BALANCES,COMMERCE,DISHONESTY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,MEASURE,MERCHANT
Description: HOSEA 12:7
NET Translation: The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
DARBY Translation: [He is] a merchantD6202, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppressD6203.
KJV Translation: [He is] a merchantK6120, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppressK6121.
Verse Intro: Israel Guilty Despite Claims of Innocence
Keywords: RICHES,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: HOSEA 12:8
NET Translation: Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”
DARBY Translation: And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
KJV Translation: And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
Description: HOSEA 12:9
NET Translation: “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old.
DARBY Translation: But I [that am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
KJV Translation: And I [that am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Keywords: PROPHETS,SIMILITUDE,VISION
Description: HOSEA 12:10
NET Translation: I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”
DARBY Translation: And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.
KJV Translation: I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministryK6123of the prophets.
Keywords: GILEAD,GILGAL,IDOLATRY
Description: HOSEA 12:11
NET Translation: Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!
DARBY Translation: If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but vanityD6204: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
KJV Translation: [Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Keywords: JACOB,MARRIAGE
Description: HOSEA 12:12
NET Translation: Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
DARBY Translation: And Jacob fled into the country of SyriaD6205, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
KJV Translation: And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
Keywords: MOSES
Description: HOSEA 12:13
NET Translation: The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.
DARBY Translation: And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preservedD6206.
KJV Translation: And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Keywords: EPHRAIM,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 12:14
NET Translation: But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.
KJV Translation: Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most bitterlyK6124: therefore shall he leave his bloodK6125upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,SIN,BAAL,EPHRAIM,IDOLATRY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 13:1
NET Translation: When Ephraim spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.
DARBY Translation: When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.
KJV Translation: When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Verse Intro: False Worshippers Will be Destroyed
Keywords: IDOLATRY,SILVER,SIN
Description: HOSEA 13:2
NET Translation: Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen. There is a saying about them: “Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!”
DARBY Translation: And now they sin moreD6207 and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understandingD6208, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
KJV Translation: And now they sin more and moreK6126, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrificeK6127kiss the calves.
Keywords: CHAFF,CHIMNEY,CLOUD,DEW,HOUSE,SMOKE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 13:3
NET Translation: Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open window.
DARBY Translation: Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.
KJV Translation: Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Keywords: GOD
Description: HOSEA 13:4
NET Translation: But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me. Except for me there is no Savior.
DARBY Translation: Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me.
KJV Translation: Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.
Verse Intro: Israel will be Fed to the Ravenous Animals with No King to Help
Description: HOSEA 13:5
NET Translation: I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.
DARBY Translation: I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
KJV Translation: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great droughtK6128.
Keywords: FORGETTING GOD,HEART,INGRATITUDE,PROSPERITY
Description: HOSEA 13:6
NET Translation: When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!
DARBY Translation: According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
KJV Translation: According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Keywords: LEOPARD
Description: HOSEA 13:7
NET Translation: So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
DARBY Translation: And I will be unto them as a lionD6209; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
KJV Translation: Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:
Keywords: LION
Description: HOSEA 13:8
NET Translation: I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs—I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion—like a wild animal would tear them apart.
DARBY Translation: I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.
KJV Translation: I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beastK6129shall tear them.
Keywords: GOD,SIN
Description: HOSEA 13:9
NET Translation: I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?
DARBY Translation: It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
KJV Translation: O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.
Keywords: GOD,ISRAEL
Description: HOSEA 13:10
NET Translation: Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying, “Give me a king and princes”?
DARBY Translation: Where then is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
KJV Translation: I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Keywords: ANGER,KING,SAUL
Description: HOSEA 13:11
NET Translation: I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!
DARBY Translation: I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
KJV Translation: I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.
Keywords: EPHRAIM,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: HOSEA 13:12
NET Translation: The punishment of Ephraim has been decreed; his punishment is being stored up for the future.
DARBY Translation: The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store.
KJV Translation: The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid.
Verse Intro: Judgment and Punishment will not Tarry Much Longer
Keywords: ISRAEL,PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Description: HOSEA 13:13
NET Translation: The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!
DARBY Translation: The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.
KJV Translation: The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay longK6132in [the place of] the breaking forth of children.
Keywords: APOSTROPHE,DEATH,GOD,GRAVE,HELL,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,RANSOM,RESURRECTION,WAR
Description: HOSEA 13:14
NET Translation: Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!
DARBY Translation: I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thyD6210 plaguesD6211? where, O Sheol, is thyD6212 destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
KJV Translation: I will ransom them from the powerK6133of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Keywords: DROUGHT,METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,WIND
Description: HOSEA 13:15
NET Translation: Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.
DARBY Translation: Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah [that] cometh up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
KJV Translation: Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vesselsK6134.
Verse Intro: Samaria is Held as Guilty
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,PERSIA,PRISONERS,WAR
Description: HOSEA 13:16
NET Translation: (14:1) Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to the ground—their pregnant women will be ripped open.
DARBY Translation: SamariaD6213 shall bear her guiltD6214; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
KJV Translation: Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,GOD,REPENTANCE
Description: HOSEA 14:1
NET Translation: Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
DARBY Translation: O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
KJV Translation: O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Verse Intro: A Call to Israel for Genuine Repentance and Return to the Lord
Keywords: CALF,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,REPENTANCE,SACRIFICES
Description: HOSEA 14:2
NET Translation: Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
DARBY Translation: Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah; say unto him, Forgive all iniquity, and receive [us] graciouslyD6215; so will we render the calvesD6216 of our lips.
KJV Translation: Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Keywords: CHILDREN,CONFIDENCE,HORSE,ORPHAN,REPENTANCE
Description: HOSEA 14:3
NET Translation: Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods,’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”
DARBY Translation: Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
KJV Translation: Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Keywords: ANGER,BACKSLIDERS,GOD
Description: HOSEA 14:4
NET Translation: “I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.
DARBY Translation: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
KJV Translation: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Verse Intro: God Promises Healing if they Genuinely Return
Keywords: BLESSING,DEW,LEBANON,RIGHTEOUS,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES
Description: HOSEA 14:5
NET Translation: I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.
DARBY Translation: I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
KJV Translation: I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall growK6136as the lily, and cast forthK6137his roots as Lebanon.
Keywords: BRANCH,RIGHTEOUS
Description: HOSEA 14:6
NET Translation: His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
DARBY Translation: His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
KJV Translation: His branches shall spreadK6138, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Keywords: CORN,GRAPE,RIGHTEOUS
Description: HOSEA 14:7
NET Translation: People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
DARBY Translation: They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
KJV Translation: They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and growK6139as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.
Keywords: IDOLATRY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,REPENTANCE
Description: HOSEA 14:8
NET Translation: O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!”
DARBY Translation: Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found.
KJV Translation: Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Keywords: DEPRAVITY OF MAN,GOD,PRUDENCE,WAY,WICKED (PEOPLE),WISDOM
Description: HOSEA 14:9
NET Translation: Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.
DARBY Translation: Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.
KJV Translation: Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Verse Intro: Discernemt - the Lord's Ways are Right
Keywords: HOSEA,OSEE,PROPHECY,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: Romans 9:25
NET Translation: As he also says in HOSEA: “I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved, ‘My beloved.’”
DARBY Translation: As he says also in HOSEAD8106, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.
KJV Translation: As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.