Verse 1

Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye this, O priests{H3548}; and hearken{H7181}{(H8685)}, ye house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; and give ye ear{H238}{(H8685)}, O house{H1004} of the king{H4428}; for judgment{H4941} is toward you, because ye have been a snare{H6341} on Mizpah{H4709}, and a net{H7568} spread{H6566}{(H8803)} upon Tabor{H8396}.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 9:8 : 8 The watchman{H6822}{(H8802)} of Ephraim{H669} was with my God{H430}: but the prophet{H5030} is a snare{H6341} of a fowler{H3352} in all his ways{H1870}, and hatred{H4895} in the house{H1004} of his God{H430}.
  • Hos 6:9 : 9 And as troops{H1416} of robbers wait{H2442}{(H8763)} for a man{H376}, so the company{H2267} of priests{H3548} murder{H7523}{(H8762)} in the way{H1870} by consent{H7926}{(H8677)}{H7927}: for they commit{H6213}{(H8804)} lewdness{H2154}.
  • Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, ye children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: for the LORD{H3068} hath a controversy{H7379} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}, because there is no truth{H571}, nor mercy{H2617}, nor knowledge{H1847} of God{H430} in the land{H776}.
  • Judg 4:6 : 6 And she sent{H7971}{(H8799)} and called{H7121}{(H8799)} Barak{H1301} the son{H1121} of Abinoam{H42} out of Kedeshnaphtali{H6943}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Hath not the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}, saying, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} and draw{H4900}{(H8804)} toward mount{H2022} Tabor{H8396}, and take{H3947}{(H8804)} with thee ten{H6235} thousand{H505} men{H376} of the children{H1121} of Naphtali{H5321} and of the children{H1121} of Zebulun{H2074}?
  • 1 Kgs 14:7-9 : 7 Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, tell{H559}{(H8798)} Jeroboam{H3379}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, Forasmuch as{H3282} I exalted{H7311}{(H8689)} thee from among{H8432} the people{H5971}, and made{H5414}{(H8799)} thee prince{H5057} over my people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, 8 And rent{H7167} the kingdom{H4467} away{H7167}{(H8799)} from the house{H1004} of David{H1732}, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant{H5650} David{H1732}, who kept{H8104}{(H8804)} my commandments{H4687}, and who followed{H1980}{(H8804)}{H310} me with all his heart{H3824}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} that only which was right{H3477} in mine eyes{H5869}; 9 But hast done{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7489}{(H8686)} above all that were before{H6440} thee: for thou hast gone{H3212}{(H8799)} and made{H6213}{(H8799)} thee other{H312} gods{H430}, and molten images{H4541}, to provoke me to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}, and hast cast{H7993}{(H8689)} me behind{H310} thy back{H1458}: 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} evil{H7451} upon the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379}, and will cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} from Jeroboam{H3379} him that pisseth{H8366}{(H8688)} against the wall{H7023}, and him that is shut up{H6113}{(H8803)} and left{H5800}{(H8803)} in Israel{H3478}, and will take away{H1197}{(H8765)} the remnant{H310} of the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379}, as a man taketh away{H1197}{(H8762)} dung{H1557}, till it be all gone{H8552}{(H8800)}. 11 Him that dieth{H4191}{(H8801)} of Jeroboam{H3379} in the city{H5892} shall the dogs{H3611} eat{H398}{(H8799)}; and him that dieth{H4191}{(H8801)} in the field{H7704} shall the fowls{H5775} of the air{H8064} eat{H398}{(H8799)}: for the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it. 12 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)} thou therefore, get{H3212}{(H8798)} thee to thine own house{H1004}: and when thy feet{H7272} enter{H935}{(H8800)} into the city{H5892}, the child{H3206} shall die{H4191}{(H8804)}. 13 And all Israel{H3478} shall mourn{H5594}{(H8804)} for him, and bury{H6912}{(H8804)} him: for he only of Jeroboam{H3379} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} to the grave{H6913}, because in him there is found{H4672}{(H8738)} some good{H2896} thing{H1697} toward the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} in the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379}. 14 Moreover the LORD{H3068} shall raise him up{H6965}{(H8689)} a king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}, who shall cut off{H3772}{(H8686)} the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379} that day{H3117}: but what? even now. 15 For the LORD{H3068} shall smite{H5221}{(H8689)} Israel{H3478}, as a reed{H7070} is shaken{H5110}{(H8799)} in the water{H4325}, and he shall root up{H5428}{(H8804)} Israel{H3478} out of this good{H2896} land{H127}, which he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} to their fathers{H1}, and shall scatter{H2219}{(H8765)} them beyond{H5676} the river{H5104}, because they have made{H6213}{(H8804)} their groves{H842}, provoking the LORD{H3068} to anger{H3707}{(H8688)}. 16 And he shall give{H5414} Israel{H3478} up{H5414}{(H8799)} because{H1558} of the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam{H3379}, who did sin{H2398}{(H8804)}, and who made Israel{H3478} to sin{H2398}{(H8689)}.
  • 1 Kgs 21:18-22 : 18 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, go down{H3381}{(H8798)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} Ahab{H256} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, which is in Samaria{H8111}: behold, he is in the vineyard{H3754} of Naboth{H5022}, whither he is gone down{H3381}{(H8804)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it. 19 And thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8765)} unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Hast thou killed{H7523}{(H8804)}, and also taken possession{H3423}{(H8804)}? And thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8765)} unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, In the place{H4725} where dogs{H3611} licked{H3952}{(H8804)} the blood{H1818} of Naboth{H5022} shall dogs{H3611} lick{H3952}{(H8799)} thy blood{H1818}, even thine. 20 And Ahab{H256} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Elijah{H452}, Hast thou found{H4672}{(H8804)} me, O mine enemy{H341}{(H8802)}? And he answered{H559}{(H8799)}, I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} thee: because thou hast sold{H4376}{(H8692)} thyself to work{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}. 21 Behold, I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} evil{H7451} upon thee, and will take away{H1197}{(H8765)} thy posterity{H310}, and will cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} from Ahab{H256} him that pisseth{H8366}{(H8688)} against the wall{H7023}, and him that is shut up{H6113}{(H8803)} and left{H5800}{(H8803)} in Israel{H3478}, 22 And will make{H5414}{(H8804)} thine house{H1004} like the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028}, and like the house{H1004} of Baasha{H1201} the son{H1121} of Ahijah{H281}, for the provocation{H3708} wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger{H3707}{(H8689)}, and made Israel{H3478} to sin{H2398}{(H8686)}.
  • 2 Chr 21:12-15 : 12 And there came{H935}{(H8799)} a writing{H4385} to him from Elijah{H452} the prophet{H5030}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of David{H1732} thy father{H1}, Because thou hast not walked{H1980}{(H8804)} in the ways{H1870} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} thy father{H1}, nor in the ways{H1870} of Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, 13 But hast walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the way{H1870} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, and hast made Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} to go a whoring{H2181}{(H8686)}, like to the whoredoms{H2181}{(H8687)} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}, and also hast slain{H2026}{(H8804)} thy brethren{H251} of thy father's{H1} house{H1004}, which were better{H2896} than thyself: 14 Behold, with a great{H1419} plague{H4046} will the LORD{H3068} smite{H5062}{(H8802)} thy people{H5971}, and thy children{H1121}, and thy wives{H802}, and all thy goods{H7399}: 15 And thou shalt have great{H7227} sickness{H2483} by disease{H4245} of thy bowels{H4578}, until thy bowels{H4578} fall out{H3318}{(H8799)} by reason of the sickness{H2483} day{H3117} by day{H3117}.
  • Jer 13:18 : 18 Say{H559}{(H8798)} unto the king{H4428} and to the queen{H1377}, Humble{H8213}{(H8685)} yourselves, sit down{H3427}{(H8798)}: for your principalities{H4761} shall come down{H3381}{(H8804)}, even the crown{H5850} of your glory{H8597}.
  • Jer 22:1-9 : 1 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Go down{H3381}{(H8798)} to the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and speak{H1696}{(H8765)} there this word{H1697}, 2 And say{H559}{(H8804)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, O king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, that sittest{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the throne{H3678} of David{H1732}, thou, and thy servants{H5650}, and thy people{H5971} that enter{H935}{(H8802)} in by these gates{H8179}: 3 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Execute{H6213}{(H8798)} ye judgment{H4941} and righteousness{H6666}, and deliver{H5337}{(H8685)} the spoiled{H1497}{(H8803)} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor{H6216}: and do no wrong{H3238}{(H8686)}, do no violence{H2554}{(H8799)} to the stranger{H1616}, the fatherless{H3490}, nor the widow{H490}, neither shed{H8210}{(H8799)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place{H4725}. 4 For if ye do{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697} indeed{H6213}{(H8800)}, then shall there enter in{H935}{(H8804)} by the gates{H8179} of this house{H1004} kings{H4428} sitting{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the throne{H3678} of David{H1732}, riding{H7392}{(H8802)} in chariots{H7393} and on horses{H5483}, he, and his servants{H5650}, and his people{H5971}. 5 But if ye will not hear{H8085}{(H8799)} these words{H1697}, I swear{H7650}{(H8738)} by myself, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, that this house{H1004} shall become a desolation{H2723}. 6 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} unto the king's{H4428} house{H1004} of Judah{H3063}; Thou art Gilead{H1568} unto me, and the head{H7218} of Lebanon{H3844}: yet surely I will make{H7896}{(H8799)} thee a wilderness{H4057}, and cities{H5892} which are not inhabited{H3427}{(H8738)}{(H8675)}{H3427}{(H8737)}. 7 And I will prepare{H6942}{(H8765)} destroyers{H7843}{(H8688)} against thee, every one{H376} with his weapons{H3627}: and they shall cut down{H3772}{(H8804)} thy choice{H4005} cedars{H730}, and cast{H5307}{(H8689)} them into the fire{H784}. 8 And many{H7227} nations{H1471} shall pass{H5674}{(H8804)} by this city{H5892}, and they shall say{H559}{(H8804)} every man{H376} to his neighbour{H7453}, Wherefore hath the LORD{H3068} done{H6213}{(H8804)} thus unto this great{H1419} city{H5892}? 9 Then they shall answer{H559}{(H8804)}, Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} other{H312} gods{H430}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them.
  • Jer 46:18 : 18 As I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the King{H4428}, whose name{H8034} is the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Surely as Tabor{H8396} is among the mountains{H2022}, and as Carmel{H3760} by the sea{H3220}, so shall he come{H935}{(H8799)}.
  • Hos 4:6-7 : 6 My people{H5971} are destroyed{H1820}{(H8738)} for lack of knowledge{H1847}: because thou hast rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} knowledge{H1847}, I will also reject{H3988}{(H8799)} thee, that thou shalt be no priest{H3547}{(H8763)} to me: seeing thou hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8799)} the law{H8451} of thy God{H430}, I will also forget{H7911}{(H8799)} thy children{H1121}. 7 As they were increased{H7230}, so they sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against me: therefore will I change{H4171}{(H8686)} their glory{H3519} into shame{H7036}.
  • Hos 7:3-5 : 3 They make the king{H4428} glad{H8055}{(H8762)} with their wickedness{H7451}, and the princes{H8269} with their lies{H3585}. 4 They are all adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, as an oven{H8574} heated{H1197}{(H8802)} by the baker{H644}{(H8802)}, who ceaseth{H7673}{(H8799)} from raising{H5782}{(H8800)} after he hath kneaded{H3888}{(H8800)} the dough{H1217}, until it be leavened{H2556}{(H8800)}. 5 In the day{H3117} of our king{H4428} the princes{H8269} have made him sick{H2470}{(H8689)} with bottles{H2534} of wine{H3196}; he stretched out{H4900}{(H8804)} his hand{H3027} with scorners{H3945}{(H8802)}.
  • Hos 9:11-17 : 11 As for Ephraim{H669}, their glory{H3519} shall fly away{H5774}{(H8709)} like a bird{H5775}, from the birth{H3205}{(H8800)}, and from the womb{H990}, and from the conception{H2032}. 12 Though they bring up{H1431}{(H8762)} their children{H1121}, yet will I bereave{H7921}{(H8765)} them, that there shall not be a man{H120} left: yea, woe{H188} also to them when I depart{H5493}{(H8800)} from them! 13 Ephraim{H669}, as I saw{H7200}{(H8804)} Tyrus{H6865}, is planted{H8362}{(H8803)} in a pleasant place{H5116}: but Ephraim{H669} shall bring forth{H3318}{(H8687)} his children{H1121} to the murderer{H2026}{(H8802)}. 14 Give{H5414}{(H8798)} them, O LORD{H3068}: what wilt thou give{H5414}{(H8799)}? give{H5414}{(H8798)} them a miscarrying{H7921}{(H8688)} womb{H7358} and dry{H6784}{(H8802)} breasts{H7699}. 15 All their wickedness{H7451} is in Gilgal{H1537}: for there I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} them: for the wickedness{H7455} of their doings{H4611} I will drive them out{H1644}{(H8762)} of mine house{H1004}, I will love{H160} them no more{H3254}{(H8686)}: all their princes{H8269} are revolters{H5637}{(H8802)}. 16 Ephraim{H669} is smitten{H5221}{(H8717)}, their root{H8328} is dried up{H3001}{(H8804)}, they shall bear{H6213}{(H8799)} no fruit{H6529}: yea, though they bring forth{H3205}{(H8799)}, yet will I slay{H4191}{(H8689)} even the beloved{H4261} fruit of their womb{H990}. 17 My God{H430} will cast them away{H3988}{(H8799)}, because they did not hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} unto him: and they shall be wanderers{H5074}{(H8802)} among the nations{H1471}.
  • Hos 10:15 : 15 So{H3602} shall Bethel{H1008} do{H6213}{(H8804)} unto you because{H6440} of your great{H7451} wickedness{H7451}: in a morning{H7837} shall the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} utterly{H1820}{(H8736)} be cut off{H1820}{(H8738)}.
  • Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meet{H6298}{(H8799)} them as a bear{H1677} that is bereaved{H7909} of her whelps, and will rend{H7167}{(H8799)} the caul{H5458} of their heart{H3820}, and there will I devour{H398}{(H8799)} them like a lion{H3833}: the wild{H7704} beast{H2416} shall tear{H1234}{(H8762)} them.
  • Amos 7:9 : 9 And the high places{H1116} of Isaac{H3446} shall be desolate{H8074}{(H8738)}, and the sanctuaries{H4720} of Israel{H3478} shall be laid waste{H2717}{(H8799)}; and I will rise{H6965}{(H8804)} against the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379} with the sword{H2719}.
  • Mic 3:1 : 1 And I said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, I pray you, O heads{H7218} of Jacob{H3290}, and ye princes{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; Is it not for you to know{H3045}{(H8800)} judgment{H4941}?
  • Mic 3:9 : 9 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} this, I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290}, and princes{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, that abhor{H8581}{(H8764)} judgment{H4941}, and pervert{H6140}{(H8762)} all equity{H3477}.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good{H2623} man is perished{H6}{(H8804)} out of the earth{H776}: and there is none upright{H3477} among men{H120}: they all lie in wait{H693}{(H8799)} for blood{H1818}; they hunt{H6679}{(H8799)} every man{H376} his brother{H251} with a net{H2764}.
  • Hab 1:15-17 : 15 They take up{H5927}{(H8689)} all of them with the angle{H2443}, they catch{H1641}{(H8799)} them in their net{H2764}, and gather{H622}{(H8799)} them in their drag{H4365}: therefore they rejoice{H8055}{(H8799)} and are glad{H1523}{(H8799)}. 16 Therefore they sacrifice{H2076}{(H8762)} unto their net{H2764}, and burn incense{H6999}{(H8762)} unto their drag{H4365}; because by them{H1992} their portion{H2506} is fat{H8082}, and their meat{H3978} plenteous{H1277}. 17 Shall they therefore empty{H7324}{(H8686)} their net{H2764}, and not spare{H2550}{(H8799)} continually{H8548} to slay{H2026}{(H8800)} the nations{H1471}?
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son{H1121} honoureth{H3513}{(H8762)} his father{H1}, and a servant{H5650} his master{H113}: if then I be a father{H1}, where is mine honour{H3519}? and if I be a master{H113}, where is my fear{H4172}? saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} unto you, O priests{H3548}, that despise{H959}{(H8802)} my name{H8034}. And ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, Wherein have we despised{H959}{(H8804)} thy name{H8034}?
  • Mal 2:1 : 1 And now, O ye priests{H3548}, this commandment{H4687} is for you.