Hosea 5:12
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.”Hosea 5:12
What Does Hosea 5:12 Mean?
Hosea 5:12 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 5, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Hosea 5:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 51:8“For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.”Hosea 6:1“Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.”Job 13:28“And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.”Isaiah 5:24“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.”Jonah 4:7“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.”2 Kings 15:37“In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.”Psalms 39:11“When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.”Proverbs 12:4“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”Isaiah 1:6“From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.”Isaiah 9:14“Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.”Isaiah 50:9“Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.”Jeremiah 30:15“Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.”Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.”Hosea 5:9“Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.”Amos 2:4“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:”Mark 9:43“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:”James 5:2“Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.”
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