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Hosea 3:4

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

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ASV

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:

KJV

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣י׀kiforH3588 →
יָמִ֣יםya.MimdaysH3117 →
רַבִּ֗יםra.BimmanyH7227 →
יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙ye.she.Vuthey will dwellH3427 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369 →
מֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekh[will be] a kingH4428 →
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
שָׂ֔רSar[will be] a princeH8269 →
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
זֶ֖בַחZe.vach[will be] sacrificeH2077 →
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
מַצֵּבָ֑הma.tze.Vah[will be] a pillarH4676 →
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
אֵפ֖וֹד'e.Fod[will be] an ephodH646 →
וּתְרָפִֽים׃u.te.ra.Fimand teraphimH8655 →

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Judges 17:5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.Lamentations 2:9Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.Genesis 31:19Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.Jeremiah 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.2 Chronicles 15:3For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.Hebrews 10:26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.Daniel 9:27And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”Judges 8:27From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.1 Samuel 23:9When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”Exodus 28:4These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.Daniel 12:11And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.Zechariah 10:2For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.Zechariah 5:11“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”

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