Friday, November 27, 2015

Things God Compared to from the Book of Hosea.

A moth.

Hosea 5:12

12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
 And to the house of Judah like rottenness.

Rottenness, or worm.

Hosea 5:12

12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
 And to the house of Judah like rottenness.

An old lion.

Hosea 5:14

14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
 And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
 I, even I, will tear them and go away;

Hosea 11:10

10 “They shall walk after the Lord.
 He will roar like a lion.
 When He roars,
 Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;

A young lion.

Hosea 5:14

14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
 And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
 I, even I, will tear them and go away;

The rain.

Hosea 6:3

3 Let us know,
 Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
 His going forth is established as the morning;
 He will come to us like the rain,
 Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
The latter and former rain.

The ploughman.

Hosea 11:4

4 I drew them with gentle cords,
 With bands of love,
 And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck.
 I stooped and fed them.

A leopard.

Hosea 13:7

7 “So I will be to them like a lion;
 Like a leopard by the road I will lurk;

A bear bereaved of her whelps.

Hosea 13:8

8 I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs;
 I will tear open their rib cage,
 And there I will devour them like a lion.
 The wild beast shall tear them.

The dew

Hosea 14:5

5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
 He shall grow like the lily,
 And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

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