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Hosea 4:16

For Israel is as obstinate

as a stubborn heifer.

Can the LORD now shepherd them

like lambs in an open meadow?

Hosea 4:16 BSB

Hosea 4:16 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 15:11 (3 votes) and Leviticus 26:33 (2 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Leviticus 26 to Zechariah 7.

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Which verses does Hosea 4:16 point to?

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  1. “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

  2. But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

  3. Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

  4. On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey. …

  5. roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

  6. Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

  7. She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

  8. And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

  9. Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

  10. Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

  11. Hosea 11:72 votes

Which verses point to Hosea 4:16?

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