Cross references
Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is struck down;
their root is withered;
they cannot bear fruit.
Even if they bear children,
I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
Hosea 9:16 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 9:11–13 (7 votes) and Ezekiel 24:21 (4 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 41 to Luke 23.
Which verses does Hosea 9:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hosea 9:11–137 votes
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception. Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! …
- Ezekiel 24:214 votes
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
- Isaiah 5:243 votes
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Job 18:162 votes
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- Isaiah 40:242 votes
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
- Hosea 5:112 votes
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- Hosea 8:72 votes
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
- Malachi 4:12 votes
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
Which verses point to Hosea 9:16?
The 10 strongest of 23.