Verse 3

The fortress{H4013} also shall cease{H7673}{(H8738)} from Ephraim{H669}, and the kingdom{H4467} from Damascus{H1834}, and the remnant{H7605} of Syria{H758}: they shall be as the glory{H3519} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 7:16 : 16 For before the child{H5288} shall know{H3045}{(H8799)} to refuse{H3988}{(H8800)} the evil{H7451}, and choose{H977}{(H8800)} the good{H2896}, the land{H127} that thou abhorrest{H6973}{(H8801)} shall be{H6440} forsaken{H5800}{(H8735)} of both{H8147} her kings{H4428}.
  • Isa 8:4 : 4 For before the child{H5288} shall have knowledge{H3045}{(H8799)} to cry{H7121}{(H8800)}, My father{H1}, and my mother{H517}, the riches{H2428} of Damascus{H1834} and the spoil{H7998} of Samaria{H8111} shall be taken away{H5375}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}.
  • Hos 9:11 : 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}.
  • Isa 7:8 : 8 For the head{H7218} of Syria{H758} is Damascus{H1834}, and the head{H7218} of Damascus{H1834} is Rezin{H7526}; and within threescore{H8346} and five{H2568} years{H8141} shall Ephraim{H669} be broken{H2865}{(H8735)}, that it be not a people{H5971}.
  • 2 Kgs 16:9 : 9 And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} hearkened{H8085}{(H8799)} unto him: for the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} against Damascus{H1834}, and took{H8610}{(H8799)} it, and carried the people of it captive{H1540}{(H8686)} to Kir{H7024}, and slew{H4191}{(H8689)} Rezin{H7526}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth{H8671} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} took{H3920}{(H8804)} Samaria{H8111}, and carried{H1540} Israel{H3478} away{H1540}{(H8686)} into Assyria{H804}, and placed{H3427}{(H8686)} them in Halah{H2477} and in Habor{H2249} by the river{H5104} of Gozan{H1470}, and in the cities{H5892} of the Medes{H4074}.
  • Hos 9:16-17 : 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 10:14 : 14 Therefore shall a tumult{H7588} arise{H6965}{(H8804)} among thy people{H5971}, and all thy fortresses{H4013} shall be spoiled{H7703}{(H8714)}, as Shalman{H8020} spoiled{H7701} Betharbel{H1009} in the day{H3117} of battle{H4421}: the mother{H517} was dashed in pieces{H7376}{(H8795)} upon her children{H1121}.
  • Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion{H7826}: as a leopard{H5246} by the way{H1870} will I observe{H7789}{(H8799)} them: 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.
  • Hos 13:15-16 : 15 Though he be fruitful{H6500}{(H8686)} among his brethren{H251}, an east wind{H6921} shall come{H935}{(H8799)}, the wind{H7307} of the LORD{H3068} shall come up{H5927}{(H8802)} from the wilderness{H4057}, and his spring{H4726} shall become dry{H954}{(H8799)}, and his fountain{H4599} shall be dried up{H2717}{(H8799)}: he shall spoil{H8154}{(H8799)} the treasure{H214} of all pleasant{H2532} vessels{H3627}. 16 Samaria{H8111} shall become desolate{H816}{(H8799)}; for she hath rebelled{H4784}{(H8804)} against her God{H430}: they shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}: their infants{H5768} shall be dashed in pieces{H7376}{(H8792)}, and their women with child{H2030} shall be ripped up{H1234}{(H8792)}.
  • Amos 2:6-9 : 6 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478}, and for four{H702}, I will not turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the punishment thereof; because they sold{H4376}{(H8800)} the righteous{H6662} for silver{H3701}, and the poor{H34} for a pair of shoes{H5275}; 7 That pant{H7602}{(H8802)} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor{H1800}, and turn aside{H5186}{(H8686)} the way{H1870} of the meek{H6035}: and a man{H376} and his father{H1} will go{H3212}{(H8799)} in unto the same maid{H5291}, to profane{H2490}{(H8763)} my holy{H6944} name{H8034}: 8 And they lay themselves down{H5186}{(H8686)} upon clothes{H899} laid to pledge{H2254}{(H8803)} by{H681} every altar{H4196}, and they drink{H8354}{(H8799)} the wine{H3196} of the condemned{H6064}{(H8803)} in the house{H1004} of their god{H430}. 9 Yet destroyed{H8045}{(H8689)} I the Amorite{H567} before{H6440} them, whose height{H1363} was like the height{H1363} of the cedars{H730}, and he was strong{H2634} as the oaks{H437}; yet I destroyed{H8045}{(H8686)} his fruit{H6529} from above{H4605}, and his roots{H8328} from beneath.
  • Amos 3:9-9 : 9 Publish{H8085}{(H8685)} in the palaces{H759} at Ashdod{H795}, and in the palaces{H759} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, and say{H559}{(H8798)}, Assemble{H622}{(H8734)} yourselves upon the mountains{H2022} of Samaria{H8111}, and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} the great{H7227} tumults{H4103} in the midst{H7130} thereof, and the oppressed{H6217} in the midst{H8432} thereof. 10 For they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not to do{H6213}{(H8800)} right{H5229}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, who store{H686}{(H8802)} up violence{H2555} and robbery{H7701} in their palaces{H759}. 11 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; An adversary{H6862} there shall be even round about{H5439} the land{H776}; and he shall bring down{H3381}{(H8689)} thy strength{H5797} from thee, and thy palaces{H759} shall be spoiled{H962}{(H8738)}. 12 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; As the shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)} taketh out{H5337}{(H8686)} of the mouth{H6310} of the lion{H738} two{H8147} legs{H3767}, or a piece{H915} of an ear{H241}; so shall the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} be taken out{H5337}{(H8735)} that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} in Samaria{H8111} in the corner{H6285} of a bed{H4296}, and in Damascus{H1833} in a couch{H6210}. 13 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye, and testify{H5749}{(H8685)} in the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, the God{H430} of hosts{H6635}, 14 That in the day{H3117} that I shall visit{H6485}{(H8800)} the transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478} upon him I will also visit{H6485}{(H8804)} the altars{H4196} of Bethel{H1008}: and the horns{H7161} of the altar{H4196} shall be cut off{H1438}{(H8738)}, and fall{H5307}{(H8804)} to the ground{H776}. 15 And I will smite{H5221}{(H8689)} the winter{H2779} house{H1004} with the summer{H7019} house{H1004}; and the houses{H1004} of ivory{H8127} shall perish{H6}{(H8804)}, and the great{H7227} houses{H1004} shall have an end{H5486}{(H8804)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Amos 5:25-27 : 25 Have ye offered{H5066}{(H8689)} unto me sacrifices{H2077} and offerings{H4503} in the wilderness{H4057} forty{H705} years{H8141}, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}? 26 But ye have borne{H5375}{(H8804)} the tabernacle{H5522} of your Moloch{H4428} and Chiun{H3594} your images{H6754}, the star{H3556} of your god{H430}, which ye made{H6213}{(H8804)} to yourselves. 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity{H1540}{(H8689)} beyond{H1973} Damascus{H1834}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, whose name{H8034} is The God{H430} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Amos 6:7-9 : 7 Therefore now shall they go captive{H1540}{(H8799)} with the first{H7218} that go captive{H1540}{(H8802)}, and the banquet{H4797} of them that stretched{H5628}{(H8803)} themselves shall be removed{H5493}{(H8804)}. 8 The Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} by himself{H5315}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts{H6635}, I abhor{H8374}{(H8764)} the excellency{H1347} of Jacob{H3290}, and hate{H8130}{(H8804)} his palaces{H759}: therefore will I deliver up{H5462}{(H8689)} the city{H5892} with all that is therein{H4393}. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain{H3498}{(H8735)} ten{H6235} men{H582} in one{H259} house{H1004}, that they shall die{H4191}{(H8804)}. 10 And a man's uncle{H1730} shall take him up{H5375}{(H8804)}, and he that burneth{H5635}{(H8764)} him, to bring out{H3318}{(H8687)} the bones{H6106} out of the house{H1004}, and shall say{H559}{(H8804)} unto him that is by the sides{H3411} of the house{H1004}, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, No{H657}. Then shall he say{H559}{(H8804)}, Hold thy tongue{H2013}{(H8761)}: for we may not make mention{H2142}{(H8687)} of the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}. 11 For, behold, the LORD{H3068} commandeth{H6680}{(H8764)}, and he will smite{H5221}{(H8689)} the great{H1419} house{H1004} with breaches{H7447}, and the little{H6996} house{H1004} with clefts{H1233}.
  • Amos 8:14-9:10 : 14 They that swear{H7650}{(H8737)} by the sin{H819} of Samaria{H8111}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thy god{H430}, O Dan{H1835}, liveth{H2416}; and, The manner{H1870} of Beersheba{H884} liveth{H2416}; even they shall fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, and never rise up{H6965}{(H8799)} again. 1 I saw{H7200}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} standing{H5324}{(H8737)} upon the altar{H4196}: and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Smite{H5221}{(H8685)} the lintel of the door{H3730}, that the posts{H5592} may shake{H7493}{(H8799)}: and cut{H1214}{(H8798)} them in the head{H7218}, all of them; and I will slay{H2026}{(H8799)} the last{H319} of them with the sword{H2719}: he that fleeth{H5127}{(H8801)} of them shall not flee away{H5127}{(H8799)}, and he that escapeth{H6412} of them shall not be delivered{H4422}{(H8735)}. 2 Though they dig{H2864}{(H8799)} into hell{H7585}, thence shall mine hand{H3027} take{H3947}{(H8799)} them; though they climb up{H5927}{(H8799)} to heaven{H8064}, thence will I bring them down{H3381}{(H8686)}: 3 And though they hide{H2244}{(H8735)} themselves in the top{H7218} of Carmel{H3760}, I will search{H2664}{(H8762)} and take them out{H3947}{(H8804)} thence; and though they be hid{H5641}{(H8735)} from my sight{H5869} in the bottom{H7172} of the sea{H3220}, thence will I command{H6680}{(H8762)} the serpent{H5175}, and he shall bite{H5391}{(H8804)} them: 4 And though they go{H3212}{(H8799)} into captivity{H7628} before{H6440} their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, thence will I command{H6680}{(H8762)} the sword{H2719}, and it shall slay{H2026}{(H8804)} them: and I will set{H7760}{(H8804)} mine eyes{H5869} upon them for evil{H7451}, and not for good{H2896}. 5 And the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} is he that toucheth{H5060}{(H8802)} the land{H776}, and it shall melt{H4127}{(H8799)}, and all that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} therein shall mourn{H56}{(H8804)}: and it shall rise up{H5927}{(H8804)} wholly like a flood{H2975}; and shall be drowned{H8257}{(H8804)}, as by the flood{H2975} of Egypt{H4714}. 6 It is he that buildeth{H1129}{(H8802)} his stories{H4609} in the heaven{H8064}, and hath founded{H3245}{(H8804)} his troop{H92} in the earth{H776}; he that calleth{H7121}{(H8802)} for the waters{H4325} of the sea{H3220}, and poureth them out{H8210}{(H8799)} upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H776}: The LORD{H3068} is his name{H8034}. 7 Are ye not as children{H1121} of the Ethiopians{H3569} unto me, O children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. Have not I brought up{H5927}{(H8689)} Israel{H3478} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}? and the Philistines{H6430} from Caphtor{H3731}, and the Syrians{H758} from Kir{H7024}? 8 Behold, the eyes{H5869} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} are upon the sinful{H2403} kingdom{H4467}, and I will destroy{H8045}{(H8689)} it from off the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}; saving{H657} that I will not utterly{H8045}{(H8687)} destroy{H8045}{(H8686)} the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 9 For, lo, I will command{H6680}{(H8764)}, and I will sift{H5128}{(H8689)} the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} among all nations{H1471}, like as corn is sifted{H5128}{(H8735)} in a sieve{H3531}, yet shall not the least grain{H6872} fall{H5307}{(H8799)} upon the earth{H776}. 10 All the sinners{H2400} of my people{H5971} shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}, which say{H559}{(H8802)}, The evil{H7451} shall not overtake{H5066}{(H8686)} nor prevent{H6923}{(H8686)} us.
  • Mic 1:4-9 : 4 And the mountains{H2022} shall be molten{H4549}{(H8738)} under him, and the valleys{H6010} shall be cleft{H1234}{(H8691)}, as wax{H1749} before{H6440} the fire{H784}, and as the waters{H4325} that are poured{H5064}{(H8716)} down a steep place{H4174}. 5 For the transgression{H6588} of Jacob{H3290} is all this, and for the sins{H2403} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}. What is the transgression{H6588} of Jacob{H3290}? is it not Samaria{H8111}? and what are the high places{H1116} of Judah{H3063}? are they not Jerusalem{H3389}? 6 Therefore I will make{H7760}{(H8804)} Samaria{H8111} as an heap{H5856} of the field{H7704}, and as plantings{H4302} of a vineyard{H3754}: and I will pour down{H5064}{(H8689)} the stones{H68} thereof into the valley{H1516}, and I will discover{H1540}{(H8762)} the foundations{H3247} thereof. 7 And all the graven images{H6456} thereof shall be beaten to pieces{H3807}{(H8714)}, and all the hires{H868} thereof shall be burned{H8313}{(H8735)} with the fire{H784}, and all the idols{H6091} thereof will I lay{H7760}{(H8799)} desolate{H8077}: for she gathered{H6908}{(H8765)} it of the hire{H868} of an harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}, and they shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the hire{H868} of an harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}. 8 Therefore I will wail{H5594}{(H8799)} and howl{H3213}{(H8686)}, I will go{H3212}{(H8799)} stripped{H7758}{(H8675)}{H7758} and naked{H6174}: I will make{H6213}{(H8799)} a wailing{H4553} like the dragons{H8577}, and mourning{H60} as the owls{H1323}{H3284}. 9 For her wound{H4347} is incurable{H605}{(H8803)}; for it is come{H935}{(H8804)} unto Judah{H3063}; he is come{H5060}{(H8804)} unto the gate{H8179} of my people{H5971}, even to Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • Isa 10:9 : 9 Is not Calno{H3641} as Carchemish{H3751}? is not Hamath{H2574} as Arpad{H774}? is not Samaria{H8111} as Damascus{H1834}?
  • Isa 16:14 : 14 But now the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Within three{H7969} years{H8141}, as the years{H8141} of an hireling{H7916}, and the glory{H3519} of Moab{H4124} shall be contemned{H7034}{(H8738)}, with all that great{H7227} multitude{H1995}; and the remnant{H7605} shall be very{H4592} small{H4213} and feeble{H3808}{H3524}.
  • Isa 17:4 : 4 And in that day{H3117} it shall come to pass, that the glory{H3519} of Jacob{H3290} shall be made thin{H1809}{(H8735)}, and the fatness{H4924} of his flesh{H1320} shall wax lean{H7329}{(H8735)}.
  • Isa 28:1-4 : 1 Woe{H1945} to the crown{H5850} of pride{H1348}, to the drunkards{H7910} of Ephraim{H669}, whose glorious{H6643} beauty{H8597} is a fading{H5034}{(H8802)} flower{H6731}, which are on the head{H7218} of the fat{H8081} valleys{H1516} of them that are overcome{H1986}{(H8803)} with wine{H3196}! 2 Behold, the Lord{H136} hath a mighty{H2389} and strong one{H533}, which as a tempest{H2230} of hail{H1259} and a destroying{H6986} storm{H8178}, as a flood{H2230} of mighty{H3524} waters{H4325} overflowing{H7857}{(H8802)}, shall cast down{H3240}{(H8689)} to the earth{H776} with the hand{H3027}. 3 The crown{H5850} of pride{H1348}, the drunkards{H7910} of Ephraim{H669}, shall be trodden{H7429}{(H8735)} under feet{H7272}: 4 And the glorious{H6643} beauty{H8597}, which is on the head{H7218} of the fat{H8081} valley{H1516}, shall be a fading{H5034}{(H8802)} flower{H6733}, and as the hasty fruit{H1061} before the summer{H7019}; which when he that looketh{H7200}{(H8802)} upon it seeth{H7200}{(H8799)}, while it is yet in his hand{H3709} he eateth it up{H1104}{(H8799)}.
  • Hos 1:4 : 4 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Call{H7121}{(H8798)} his name{H8034} Jezreel{H3157}; for yet a little{H4592} while, and I will avenge{H6485}{(H8804)} the blood{H1818} of Jezreel{H3157} upon the house{H1004} of Jehu{H3058}, and will cause to cease{H7673}{(H8689)} the kingdom{H4468} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Hos 1:6 : 6 And she conceived again{H2029}{(H8799)}, and bare{H3205}{(H8799)} a daughter{H1323}. And God said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Call{H7121}{(H8798)} her name{H8034} Loruhamah{H3819}{(H8795)}: for I will no more{H3254}{(H8686)} have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; but I will utterly{H5375}{(H8800)} take them away{H5375}{(H8799)}.
  • Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall abide{H3427}{(H8799)} many{H7227} days{H3117} without a king{H4428}, and without a prince{H8269}, and without a sacrifice{H2077}, and without an image{H4676}, and without an ephod{H646}, and without teraphim{H8655}:
  • Hos 5:13-14 : 13 When Ephraim{H669} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} his sickness{H2483}, and Judah{H3063} saw his wound{H4205}, then went{H3212}{(H8799)} Ephraim{H669} to the Assyrian{H804}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to king{H4428} Jareb{H3377}{(H8677)}{H7378}{(H8799)}: yet could{H3201}{(H8799)} he not heal{H7495}{(H8800)} you, nor cure{H1455}{(H8799)} you of your wound{H4205}. 14 For I will be unto Ephraim{H669} as a lion{H7826}, and as a young lion{H3715} to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063}: I, even I, will tear{H2963}{(H8799)} and go away{H3212}{(H8799)}; I will take away{H5375}{(H8799)}, and none shall rescue{H5337}{(H8688)} him.
  • Hos 8:8 : 8 Israel{H3478} is swallowed up{H1104}{(H8738)}: now shall they be among the Gentiles{H1471} as a vessel{H3627} wherein is no pleasure{H2656}.