Hosea 10:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Lord Will Punish Israel by Removing Its Kings Very soon they will say,“We have no king since we did not fear the LORD. But what can a king do for us anyway?”

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 10:15 : 15 So will it happen to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness! When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be destroyed.
  • Hos 13:11 : 11 I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!
  • Hos 10:7 : 7 Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.
  • Mic 4:9 : 9 Jerusalem, why are you now shouting so loudly? Has your king disappeared? Has your wise leader been destroyed? Is this why pain grips you as if you were a woman in labor?
  • John 19:15 : 15 Then they shouted out,“Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked,“Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied,“We have no king except Caesar!”
  • Hos 11:5 : 5 They will return to Egypt! Assyria will rule over them because they refuse to repent!
  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.
  • Hos 3:4 : 4 For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Hos 13:10
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    10Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying,“Give me a king and princes”?

  • 1 Sam 8:18-20
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    75%

    18In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won’t answer you in that day.”

    19But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said,“No! There will be a king over us!

    20We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles.”

  • 1 Sam 12:12-14
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    74%

    12“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me,‘No! A king will rule over us’– even though the LORD your God is your king!

    13Now look! Here is the king you have chosen– the one that you asked for! Look, the LORD has given you a king!

    14If you fear the LORD, serving him and obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, all will be well.

  • Jer 16:10
    74%

    10The Lord Promises Exile(But Also Restoration)“When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you,‘Why has the LORD threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the LORD our God?’

  • Hos 10:2
    73%

    2Their hearts are slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The LORD will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

  • 1 Sam 8:9
    73%

    9So now do as they say. But you must warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    73%

    19But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said,“No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.’”

  • 2 Chr 10:16
    73%

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David– no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So all Israel returned to their homes.

  • Ezra 9:10
    72%

    10“And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments

  • Lam 5:8
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    8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.

  • Josh 22:23-24
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    72%

    23If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the LORD by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the LORD himself will punish us.

    24We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants,‘What relationship do you have with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Neh 9:37
    72%

    37Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!

  • 2 Kgs 10:4
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    4They were absolutely terrified and said,“Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?”

  • Hos 10:4
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    4They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

  • Hos 3:5
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    5Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

  • Dan 9:14
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    14The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed him.

  • 1 Sam 8:6-7
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    6But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.

    7The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

  • Neh 9:34-35
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    34Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.

    35Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

  • Jer 10:7
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    7Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.

  • 2 Chr 20:12
    72%

    12Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.”

  • Jer 5:12
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    12“These people have denied what the LORD says. They have said,‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

  • Judg 17:6
    71%

    6In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

  • Jer 9:13
    71%

    13The LORD answered,“This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    71%

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.

  • Jer 2:31
    71%

    31You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’

  • Jer 42:13
    71%

    13“You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying,‘We will not stay in this land.’

  • Deut 32:27
    71%

    27But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’

  • Dan 9:10
    71%

    10We have not obeyed the LORD our God by living according to his laws that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

  • 1 Sam 12:19
    71%

    19All the people said to Samuel,“Pray to the LORD your God on behalf of us– your servants– so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.”

  • 2 Kgs 17:34
    71%

    34To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the LORD; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

  • Mic 3:11
    71%

    11Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”

  • 2 Chr 17:10
    71%

    10The LORD put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.

  • Ps 2:3
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    3They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”

  • Amos 1:15
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    15Ammon’s king will be deported; he and his officials will be carried off together.” The LORD has spoken!

  • Deut 17:14
    70%

    14Provision for Kingship When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”

  • Dan 9:6
    70%

    6We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, and to all the inhabitants of the land as well.

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    17Let the priests, those who serve the LORD, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say,“Have pity, O LORD, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples,“Where is their God?”

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    16The people responded,“Far be it from us to abandon the LORD so we can worship other gods!

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    7At that time the brother will shout,‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

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    10Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

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    16The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!

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    16פ(Pe) The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders.

  • Jer 3:25
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    25Let us acknowledge our shame. Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors. From earliest times to this very day we have not obeyed the LORD our God.’