The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 10:14 (NIV)

the roar of battle will rise against your people,
so that all your fortresses will be devastated –
as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 10:15 (NIV)

So will it happen to you, Bethel,
because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns,
the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

 

[Isny]

Hosea 11:1 (KJV)

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

 

[Isny]

Hosea 11:2 (KJV)

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

 

[Isny]

Hosea 11:3 (KJV)

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:4 (NIV)

I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ties of love.
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed them.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:5 (NIV)

‘Will they not return to Egypt
and will not Assyria rule over them
because they refuse to repent?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:6 (NIV)

A sword will flash in their cities;
it will devour their false prophets
and put an end to their plans.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:7 (NIV)

My people are determined to turn from me.
Even though they call me God Most High,
I will by no means exalt them.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:8 (NIV)

‘How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion is aroused.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:9 (NIV)

I will not carry out my fierce anger,
nor will I devastate Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man –
the Holy One among you.
I will not come against their cities.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:10 (NIV)

They will follow the Lord;
he will roar like a lion.
When he roars,
his children will come trembling from the west.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:11 (NIV)

They will come from Egypt,
trembling like sparrows,
from Assyria, fluttering like doves.
I will settle them in their homes,’
declares the Lord.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 11:12 (NIV)

Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
even against the faithful Holy One

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 12:1 (NIV)

Ephraim feeds on the wind;
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a treaty with Assyria
and sends olive oil to Egypt.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 12:2 (NIV)

The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah;
he will punish Jacob according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 12:3 (NIV)

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
as a man he struggled with God.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 12:4 (NIV)

He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favour.
He found him at Bethel
and talked with him there –

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 12:5 (NIV)

the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Hosea 12:6 (NIV)

But you must return to your God;
maintain love and justice,
and wait for your God always.