Hosea 13:9
Destruction is thy own, 0 Israel: thy help is only in me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:26There is no other God like the God of the rightest: he that is mounted upon the heaven is thy helper. By his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither.
2 Kings 17:7For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they worshipped strange gods.
Psalms 33:20Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.
Psalms 121:1In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
Proverbs 6:32But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:
Isaiah 3:9The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:6-9
Ingratitude of Israel. ( b. c. 722.) 5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. We may observe here,… Read the whole commentary →