Hosea 9:8

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The watchman of Ephraim is with my God, yet the prophet is ensnared on all his paths, and hostility is in the house of his God.

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  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear this, O priests; pay attention, O house of Israel; listen, O royal house! For judgment is meant for you, because you have become a snare at Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor.
  • Ezek 3:17 : 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them warning from Me.
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will not be silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest,
  • Jer 6:14 : 14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
  • Jer 6:17 : 17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'
  • Jer 14:13 : 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'"
  • Jer 31:6 : 6 For there will be a day when the watchmen call out on the hills of Ephraim, saying: Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.
  • Lam 2:14 : 14 The visions of your prophets were false and empty; they did not expose your iniquity to restore your fortunes. Instead, they saw false and misleading oracles for you.
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
  • Ezek 33:7 : 7 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
  • Mic 7:4 : 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day your watchmen foretold has come, the day of your visitation. Now confusion is upon them.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
  • 1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked. 'I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,' he said. The LORD replied, 'You will succeed in enticing him. Go and do it.'
  • 1 Kgs 22:28 : 28 Micaiah said, 'If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.' Then he added, 'Pay attention, all you people!'
  • 2 Kgs 2:14 : 14 He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. 'Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?' he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.
  • 2 Kgs 2:21 : 21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.'
  • 2 Kgs 3:15-20 : 15 "But now, bring me a musician." While the musician played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha. 16 And he said, "This is what the LORD says: Make this valley full of ditches." 17 For this is what the LORD says: You will not see wind or rain, but this valley will be filled with water, and you, your livestock, and your animals will drink. 18 This is an easy thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give Moab into your hands. 19 You will destroy every fortified city and every major town, cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones. 20 The next morning, at the time of the offering, water came from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1-7 : 1 A certain woman, the wife of one of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. Now the creditor has come to take my two sons as slaves." 2 Elisha said to her, "What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" She replied, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of oil." 3 Then he said, "Go, borrow empty vessels from all your neighbors. Get as many as you can. Do not gather too few." 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all these vessels, and as each one is filled, set it aside." 5 So she left him, shut the door behind her and her sons, and they kept bringing vessels to her while she poured the oil. 6 When all the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." But he replied, "There are no more vessels." Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt. You and your sons can live on what is left."
  • 2 Kgs 4:33-37 : 33 He went in, shut the door behind them both, and prayed to the LORD. 34 Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched out over him, the boy’s flesh grew warm. 35 Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the house. Then he went up and stretched out over the boy again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. 36 Elisha called Gehazi and said, 'Call the Shunammite woman.' So he called her, and when she came, he said, 'Take your son.' 37 She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
  • 2 Kgs 4:41 : 41 Elisha said, 'Get some flour.' He threw it into the pot and said, 'Serve it to the people to eat.' And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
  • 2 Kgs 4:43 : 43 His servant replied, 'How can I set this before a hundred men?' But Elisha said, 'Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the LORD says: “They will eat and have some left over.”'
  • 2 Kgs 5:14 : 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. His flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.
  • 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.' Then Gehazi went out from Elisha's presence, leprous, as white as snow.
  • 2 Kgs 6:17-18 : 17 Then Elisha prayed, "LORD, please open his eyes so that he may see." The LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha. 18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Please strike this army with blindness." So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had requested.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning replied to the man of God, "Even if the Lord were to open the floodgates of heaven, could this happen?" Elisha answered, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it."
  • 2 Kgs 7:19 : 19 The officer had answered the man of God, "Look, even if the Lord were to open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?" The man of God had replied, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!"
  • 2 Kgs 13:21 : 21 Once, while some Israelites were burying a man, they suddenly saw a band of raiders. So they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.
  • Song 3:3 : 3 The watchmen who patrol the city found me. "Have you seen the one my soul loves?"
  • Rom 3:7 : 7 If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah, the Tishbite from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years, except by my word."
  • 1 Kgs 18:1 : 1 After many days, the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land."
  • 1 Kgs 18:19 : 19 Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.
  • 1 Kgs 18:36-39 : 36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your command. 37 Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that You, LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back to Yourself. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!"
  • 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, 'Should I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?' They said, 'Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king’s hands.'
  • 1 Kgs 22:11 : 11 Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made iron horns, and he declared, 'This is what the LORD says: With these, you will gore the Arameans until they are completely destroyed.'

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