Hosea 7:11

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Hosea 7:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.

13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

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Hosea 11:11

They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

Hosea 4:11

Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 15:32

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 9:3

They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

2 Kings 15:19

Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

2 Kings 17:3

Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

Isaiah 30:1

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 30:2

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

Isaiah 30:3

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Isaiah 30:4

For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

Isaiah 30:5

everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

Isaiah 30:6

This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Isaiah 31:2

Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

Isaiah 31:3

But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

Jeremiah 2:18

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

Ezekiel 23:4

The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 23:5

Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

Ezekiel 23:6

clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.

Ezekiel 23:7

She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.

Ezekiel 23:8

She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.