Hosea 4:16

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For Israel is as stubborn as a rebellious heifer. Now the LORD will pasture them like a lamb in an open field.

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  • Lev 26:33 : 33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you. Your land will be desolate and your cities will lie in ruins.
  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.
  • Isa 5:17 : 17 Then lambs will graze as in their own pasture, and strangers will eat in the ruins of the rich.
  • Isa 7:21-25 : 21 On that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two goats. 22 And because of the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds, for everyone left in the land will eat curds and honey. 23 On that day in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns. 24 With bow and arrow people will go there, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. 25 As for all the hills once cultivated with a hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and sheep run freely.
  • Isa 22:18 : 18 He will surely roll you into a ball and hurl you into a vast land. There you will die, and your splendid chariots will become a disgrace to your master's house.
  • Jer 3:6 : 6 During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has prostituted herself there."
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and prostituted herself.
  • Jer 3:11 : 11 The LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah."
  • Jer 5:6 : 6 Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the wilderness will ravage them, and a leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes out will be torn apart, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are numerous.
  • Jer 7:24 : 24 But they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, they walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts. They went backward, not forward.
  • Jer 8:5 : 5 Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold tightly to deceit; they refuse to return.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
  • Hos 11:7 : 7 My people are determined to turn from Me. Even though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them together.
  • Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 50:19
    76%

    19I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

  • Hos 4:17
    76%

    17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

  • Hos 4:15
    76%

    15Though you, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'

  • Hos 10:11
    74%

    11Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh, but I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim; Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.

  • Hos 14:1
    74%

    1Samaria will be found guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

  • Hos 5:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the harlot; Israel is defiled.

    4Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the Lord.

    5The pride of Israel testifies against him; Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their guilt, and Judah also will stumble with them.

    6With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

  • Jer 3:11
    74%

    11The LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah."

  • Isa 5:17
    73%

    17Then lambs will graze as in their own pasture, and strangers will eat in the ruins of the rich.

  • Zech 11:4
    73%

    4This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’

  • Isa 1:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey knows its master's feeding trough, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.

    4Woe to a sinful nation, a people loaded down with guilt, offspring of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, spurned the Holy One of Israel, and turned their backs on Him.

  • Jer 3:6
    72%

    6During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has prostituted herself there."

  • Hos 14:4
    72%

    4Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride on horses. We will no longer call what we have made with our hands 'our gods.' In you the orphan finds mercy.

  • Ezek 34:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14I will feed them in good pasture, and their grazing land will be on the high mountains of Israel. There they will lie down in a pleasant grazing land and feed in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel.

    15I Myself will tend My flock and cause them to lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Zech 11:16
    71%

    16For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those being destroyed, seek the young, heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.'

  • Mic 7:14
    71%

    14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old.

  • Jer 50:17
    71%

    17Israel is a scattered sheep chased by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to gnaw at his bones was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

  • Jer 4:1
    71%

    1If Israel, declares the LORD, you will return to me, you must remove your detestable things from my presence and not wander away.

  • Jer 8:5
    71%

    5Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold tightly to deceit; they refuse to return.

  • Jer 31:10
    71%

    10Hear the word of the LORD, you nations; declare it in the distant coastlands and say: He who scattered Israel will gather them and watch over them like a shepherd cares for his flock.

  • Mic 2:12
    71%

    12I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will place them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture—a noisy throng of people.

  • Jer 3:22
    71%

    22Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your waywardness. 'Here we are,' they reply, 'for you are the LORD our God.'

  • Jer 50:6
    71%

    6My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to wander on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill and forgotten their resting place.

  • Hos 11:7
    71%

    7My people are determined to turn from Me. Even though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them together.

  • Jer 2:3
    70%

    3Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who tried to devour it were held guilty; disaster came upon them,’ declares the LORD.

  • Hos 7:10
    70%

    10Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, yet they do not return to the LORD their God or seek him in all this.

  • Num 32:4
    70%

    4this land that the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel—is a land suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock."

  • Ezek 34:19
    70%

    19Must My flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

  • Hos 13:6
    70%

    6As they were fed, they were satisfied; as they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and so they forgot me.

  • Jer 4:17
    70%

    17They surround her like men guarding a field because she has rebelled against me, declares the LORD.

  • Isa 27:10
    70%

    10The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.

  • Jer 31:18
    70%

    18I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.'

  • Hos 11:4
    70%

    4I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I was to them like one who lifts the yoke from their necks, and I bent down to feed them.

  • Hos 10:1
    70%

    1Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. The richer his land, the more he adorned sacred pillars.

  • Amos 4:3
    70%

    3You will go out through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,' declares the LORD.

  • Jer 3:20
    70%

    20But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,' declares the LORD.

  • Ezek 34:17
    70%

    17As for you, My flock, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

  • Jer 5:6
    70%

    6Therefore, a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the wilderness will ravage them, and a leopard is watching their cities. Anyone who goes out will be torn apart, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are numerous.

  • Jer 3:14
    70%

    14Return, faithless children,' declares the LORD, 'for I am your master. I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

  • Hos 8:5
    70%

    5Your calf idol is rejected, Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be unable to attain innocence?

  • Jer 25:36
    70%

    36Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

  • Ezek 34:7
    70%

    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

  • Jer 3:8
    70%

    8I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and prostituted herself.

  • Ps 78:71
    70%

    71From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance.

  • Jer 2:20
    69%

    20For long ago I broke your yoke and tore off your bonds, but you said, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

  • Jer 2:14
    69%

    14Is Israel a servant, a slave born in the household? Why then has he become plunder?