Cross references
Hosea 3:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”
- a Or Go show love to a woman who is loved by another
- b Literally and love raisin cakes
Hosea 3:1 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 3:12–14 (6 votes) and Isaiah 45:22 (5 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Exodus 32 to 1 Peter 4.
Which verses does Hosea 3:1 point to?
The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Jeremiah 3:12–146 votes
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. …
- Isaiah 45:225 votes
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Jeremiah 31:205 votes
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
- Hosea 1:2–35 votes
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.” So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
- Micah 7:18–205 votes
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. …
- Deuteronomy 7:6–74 votes
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Psalm 106:43–464 votes
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. …
- Hosea 11:84 votes
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
- Micah 7:74 votes
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Luke 1:54–554 votes
He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful, as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
- Psalm 123:23 votes
- Jeremiah 3:1–43 votes
- Jeremiah 3:203 votes
- Zechariah 1:163 votes
- 1 Corinthians 10:213 votes
- 1 Peter 4:33 votes
- Exodus 32:62 votes
- Judges 9:272 votes
- Judges 10:162 votes
- 2 Samuel 6:192 votes
Which verses point to Hosea 3:1?
The 10 strongest of 17.