Hosea 13:9
You have destroyed yourselves, Israel, for your only help is in me.
Free Bible Version
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 one like the God of Israel, who rides across the heavens to come to help you; who rides the clouds in majesty.
2 Kings 17:7All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, the one who had led them out of Egypt, saving them from the power of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods,
Psalms 33:20We place our confidence in the Lord; he is our help and our defender.
Psalms 121:1I look to the hills —but is that where my help comes from?
Proverbs 6:32Any man who commits adultery with a woman has no sense; he who does so destroys himself.
Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces proves what they've done, proclaiming their sin just like Sodom—they don't even bother to try and hide it! Tragedy is coming to them! They have brought disaster down upon themselves.
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 →