Verse 9

For they are gone up{H5927} to Assyria,{H804} [like] a wild ass{H6501} alone{H909} by himself: Ephraim{H669} hath hired{H8566} lovers.{H158}

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 2:24 : 24 a wild ass{H6501} used{H3928} to the wilderness,{H4057} that snuffeth up{H7602} the wind{H7307} in her desire;{H185} in her occasion{H8385} who can turn her away?{H7725} all they that seek{H1245} her will not weary{H3286} themselves; in her month{H2320} they shall find{H4672} her.
  • Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim{H669} saw{H7200} his sickness,{H2483} and Judah{H3063} [saw] his wound,{H4205} then went{H3212} Ephraim{H669} to Assyria,{H804} and sent{H7971} to king{H4428} Jareb:{H3377} but he is not able{H3201} to heal{H7495} you, neither will he cure{H1455} you of your wound.{H4205}
  • Hos 7:11 : 11 And Ephraim{H669} is like a silly{H6601} dove,{H3123} without understanding:{H3820} they call{H7121} unto Egypt,{H4714} they go{H1980} to Assyria.{H804}
  • Ezek 16:33-34 : 33 They give{H5414} gifts{H5078} to all harlots;{H2181} but thou givest{H5414} thy gifts{H5083} to all thy lovers,{H157} and bribest{H7809} them, that they may come{H935} unto thee on every side{H5439} for thy whoredoms.{H8457} 34 And thou art different{H2016} from [other] women{H802} in thy whoredoms,{H8457} in that none followeth{H310} thee to play the harlot;{H2181} and whereas thou givest{H5414} hire,{H868} and no hire{H868} is given{H5414} unto thee, therefore thou art{H1961} different.{H2016}
  • Ezek 23:5-9 : 5 And Oholah{H170} played the harlot{H2181} when she was mine;{H8478} and she doted{H5689} on her lovers,{H157} on the Assyrians{H804} [her] neighbors,{H7138} 6 who were clothed{H3847} with blue,{H8504} governors{H6346} and rulers,{H5461} all of them desirable{H2531} young men,{H970} horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392} upon horses.{H5483} 7 And she bestowed{H5414} her whoredoms{H8457} upon them, the choicest{H4005} men{H1121} of Assyria{H804} all of them; and on whomsoever she doted,{H5689} with all their idols{H1544} she defiled{H2930} herself. 8 Neither hath she left{H5800} her whoredoms{H8457} since [the days of] Egypt;{H4714} for in her youth{H5271} they lay{H7901} with her, and they handled{H6213} the bosom{H1717} of her virginity;{H1331} and they poured{H8210} out their whoredom{H8457} upon her. 9 Wherefore I delivered{H5414} her into the hand{H3027} of her lovers,{H157} into the hand{H3027} of the Assyrians,{H1121} upon whom she doted.{H5689}
  • Hos 2:5-7 : 5 for their mother{H517} hath played the harlot;{H2181} she that conceived{H2029} them hath done shamefully;{H3001} for she said,{H559} I will go{H3212} after{H310} my lovers,{H157} that give{H5414} me my bread{H3899} and my water,{H4325} my wool{H6785} and my flax,{H6593} mine oil{H8081} and my drink.{H8250} 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge{H7753} up thy way{H1870} with thorns,{H5518} and I will build{H1443} a wall{H1447} against her, that she shall not find{H4672} her paths.{H5410} 7 And she shall follow{H7291} after her lovers,{H157} but she shall not overtake{H5381} them; and she shall seek{H1245} them, but shall not find{H4672} them: then shall she say,{H559} I will go{H3212} and return{H7725} to my first{H7223} husband;{H376} for then was it better{H2896} with me than now.{H6258}
  • Hos 2:10 : 10 And now will I uncover{H1540} her lewdness{H5040} in the sight{H5869} of her lovers,{H157} and none{H376} shall deliver{H5337} her out of my hand.{H3027}
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim{H669} feedeth{H7462} on wind,{H7307} and followeth{H7291} after the east wind:{H6921} he continually{H3117} multiplieth{H7235} lies{H3577} and desolation;{H7701} and they make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with Assyria,{H804} and oil{H8081} is carried{H2986} into Egypt.{H4714}
  • 2 Kgs 15:19 : 19 There came{H935} against the land{H776} Pul{H6322} the king{H4428} of Assyria;{H804} and Menahem{H4505} gave{H5414} Pul{H6322} a thousand{H505} talents{H3603} of silver,{H3701} that his hand{H3027} might be with him to confirm{H2388} the kingdom{H4467} in his hand.{H3027}
  • Job 39:5-8 : 5 Who hath sent out{H7971} the wild ass{H6501} free?{H2670} Or who hath loosed{H6605} the bonds{H4147} of the swift ass,{H6171} 6 Whose home{H1004} I have made{H7760} the wilderness,{H6160} And the salt{H4420} land his dwelling-place?{H4908} 7 He scorneth{H7832} the tumult{H1995} of the city,{H7151} Neither heareth{H8085} he the shoutings{H8663} of the driver.{H5065} 8 The range{H3491} of the mountains{H2022} is his pasture,{H4829} And he searcheth{H1875} after{H310} every green thing.{H3387}
  • Isa 30:6 : 6 The burden{H4853} of the beasts{H929} of the South.{H5045} Through the land{H776} of trouble{H6869} and anguish,{H6695} from whence come the lioness{H3918} and the lion,{H3918} the viper{H660} and fiery{H8314} flying{H5774} serpent,{H8314} they carry{H5375} their riches{H2428} upon the shoulders{H3802} of young asses,{H5895} and their treasures{H214} upon the humps{H1707} of camels,{H1581} to a people{H5971} that shall not profit{H3276} [them].