Hosea 5:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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].

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  • Ps 7:2 : 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.
  • Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]: 8 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 beast shall tear them.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.
  • Isa 5:29 : 29 Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it].
  • Lam 3:10 : 10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
  • Amos 2:14 : 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
  • Amos 3:4-8 : 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him? shall [one] take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it]? 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
  • Job 10:7 : 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.
  • Job 10:16 : 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
  • Deut 28:31 : 31 Thine ox [shall be] slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass [shall be] violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep [shall be] given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue [them].

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  • Hos 13:7-9
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    83%

    7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:

    8I 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 beast shall tear them.

    9¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.

  • Hos 5:15
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    15I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

  • Hos 5:11-13
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    11Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

    12Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

    13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it].

  • Jer 5:6
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    6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, [and] a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.

  • Hos 11:8-10
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    8¶ 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.

    9I 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.

    10They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

  • Mic 5:8
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    8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

  • Nah 2:11-13
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    11¶ Where [is] the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, [even] the old lion, walked, [and] the lion's whelp, and none made [them] afraid?

    12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

    13Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

  • Jer 50:44
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    44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?

  • Jer 49:19
    74%

    19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man, that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?

  • Ezek 34:16
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    16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

  • Isa 31:4
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    4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

  • Zech 11:16
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    16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

  • Zech 10:6
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    6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I [am] the LORD their God, and will hear them.

  • Gen 49:9
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    9Judah [is] a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

  • Hos 5:9
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    9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

  • Num 23:24
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    24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat [of] the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

  • Jer 4:7
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    7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; [and] thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

  • Jer 50:17
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    17Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

  • Jer 50:19
    72%

    19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

  • Amos 3:12
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    12Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus [in] a couch.

  • Ps 7:2
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    2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.

  • Job 4:11
    72%

    11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

  • Jer 7:15
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    15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, [even] the whole seed of Ephraim.

  • Mic 5:15
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    15And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

  • Hos 7:12
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    12When 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.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
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    5Now when she saw that she had waited, [and] her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.

    6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, [and] devoured men.

  • Ezek 19:3
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    3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

  • Joel 1:6
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    6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

  • Ezek 34:11
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    11For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, [even] I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

  • Ezek 34:22
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    22Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

  • Hos 11:3
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    3I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

  • Hos 10:11
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    11And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to tread out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his clods.

  • Ezek 17:20
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    20And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

  • Ps 17:12
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    12Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Isa 14:25
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    25That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

  • Jer 2:15
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    15The young lions roared upon him, [and] yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.

  • Ezek 14:5
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    5That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

  • Mic 1:8
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    8¶ Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

  • Zech 11:6
    70%

    6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver [them].