Hosea 9:16 Cross References - ISV

¹⁶ Ephraim is blighted; its roots shriveled. It can bear no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will kill their cherished offspring.

¹⁶ His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.

²⁴ The Effects of Divine JudgmentTherefore, as flames of fire devour straw, as dry grass collapses in flames, so their root will be rotten, and their blossom will blow away like dust, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁴ No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the earth, than he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest sweeps them away like stubble.

²¹ ‘Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: “Look! I’m about to profane my sanctuary, the source of your proud strength, the desire of your eyes, and the object of your affection. Your sons and daughters, whom you’ve left behind, will die by the sword.

¹¹ Ephraim is crushed, broken by judgment, because he willingly pursued idols.

⁷ “Because they sow the wind, they will reap the wind storm. The plant has no stalk and its bud yields no grain. Even if there’s a harvest, foreigners will gobble it up.

¹¹ The glory of Ephraim will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, not even a conception. ¹² Even if they rear their children, I will, in turn, make them childless— in fact, woe to them when I turn away from them! ¹³ Ephraim, as I see it, is like Tyre, planted in a comfortable place; Ephraim will bear children but they will be executed.”

¹ The Great Day of the LORD“The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble—the coming day will set them on fire,” says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.