Hosea 7:12
When they go I will throw my net over them; I will bring them down like wild birds. When I hear them flocking together I will punish them.
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In Context
11Ephraim is like a dove, foolish and without sense—calling to Egypt, then going to Assyria.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:14But if you don't pay attention to me and do what I tell you;
Deuteronomy 29:22Later generations, your descendants and foreigners from far away, will see how the Lord has brought disaster on the country and devastated it.
Deuteronomy 32:15But Israel, you grew fat and rebelled—fat, overweight, and bloated with food. You abandoned the God who made you and despised the Rock of your salvation.
Job 19:6But you should realize that it's God who has wronged me, he has trapped me in his net.
Jeremiah 16:16But for the moment I'm going to send for many fishermen and they'll catch them, declares the Lord. Then I'm going to send for many hunters, and they'll hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from their hiding places in the rocks.
Ezekiel 12:13But I will catch him in my net; I will trap him in my snare. I will take him to Babylon in the country of Babylonia. However, he won't see it, and he'll die there.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:9-16
The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy. ( b. c. 750.) 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to… Read the whole commentary →