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Hosea 11:6

A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

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ASV

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

KJV

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְחָלָ֥הve.cha.Lahand it will whirlH2342 →
חֶ֙רֶב֙che.reva swordH2719 →
בְּעָרָ֔יוbe.'a.Ravin cities hisH5892 →
וְכִלְּתָ֥הve.khi.le.Tahand it will put an end toH3615 →
בַדָּ֖יוva.Davbars hisH907 →
וְאָכָ֑לָהve.'a.Kha.lahand it will devour [them]H398 →
מִֽמֹּעֲצ֖וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃mi.mo.'a.Tzo.tei.Hemfrom schemes theirH4156 →

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Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.Hosea 10:6Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.Hosea 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.Jeremiah 50:35A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.Jeremiah 5:17They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Psalms 80:11–16It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Leviticus 26:31I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.Psalms 106:39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.Ezekiel 15:2–7“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?Micah 5:11I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.Isaiah 9:14So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

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