Hosea 9:17

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“My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.”

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BSBPD

“My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Reject them doth my God, Because they have not hearkened to Him, And they are wanderers among nations!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 9:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:25After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
  2. Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
  3. Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
  5. 1 Kings 14:15For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
  6. 1 Kings 14:16So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
  7. 2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
  8. 2 Chronicles 18:13But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  9. 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
  10. Nehemiah 5:19Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
  11. Psalms 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
  12. Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
  13. Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
  14. Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
  15. Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
  16. Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
  17. Jeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
  18. Jeremiah 7:15And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
  19. Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
  20. Jeremiah 26:4And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
  21. Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
  22. Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
  23. Hosea 4:10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
  24. Hosea 7:13Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

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