The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carr
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered a
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he s
the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated B
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of con
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they
Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great un
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he can
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, a
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beer
Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above
“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darl
Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no long
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fo