Hosea 11:6
Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed — from their own counsels.
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Leviticus 26:31and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances;
Deuteronomy 28:52'And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;
Psalms 80:11It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.
Psalms 106:43Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.
Isaiah 18:5For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath [one] cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.
Isaiah 30:1Woe [to] apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:2-8
God's Goodness to Israel; The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Displeasure with Israel. ( b. c. 730.) 1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat… Read the whole commentary →