Hos 13:10 Where now is your king That he may save you in all your cities, And your judges of whom you requested, "Give me a king and princes"?
Hos 13:11 I gave you a king in My anger And took him away in My wrath.
Hos 13:12 ¶ The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up.
Hos 13:13 The pains of childbirth come upon him; He is not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb.
Hos 13:14 Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
Hos 13:15 ¶ Though he flourishes among the reeds, An east wind will come, The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will become dry And his spring will be dried up; It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
Hos 13:16 Samaria will be held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Hos 14:1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Hos 14:2 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips.
Hos 14:3 "Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, 'Our god,' To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds mercy."
Hos 14:4 ¶ I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them.
Hos 14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Hos 14:6 His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
Hos 14:7 Those who live in his shadow Will again raise grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Hos 14:8 ¶ O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit.
Hos 14:9 ¶ Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them.
Joel 1:2 Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days?
Joel 1:3 Tell your sons about it, And let your sons tell their sons, And their sons the next generation.
Joel 1:4 ¶ What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten; And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.
Joel 1:5 Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.