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Hosea 9:6

For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

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ASV

For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

KJV

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehthere!H2009 →
הָֽלְכוּ֙ha.le.Khuthey have goneH1980 →
מִשֹּׁ֔דmi.Shodfrom [the] devastationH7701 →
מִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
תְּקַבְּצֵ֖םte.ka.be.Tzemit will gather themH6908 →
מֹ֣ףmofMemphisH4644 →
תְּקַבְּרֵ֑םte.ka.be.Remit will bury themH6912 →
מַחְמַ֣דmach.MadtreasureH4261 →
לְכַסְפָּ֗םle.khas.Pamof silver theirH3701 →
קִמּוֹשׂ֙ki.mOsnettle[s]H7057 →
יִֽירָשֵׁ֔םyi.ra.Shemit will take possession of themH3423 →
ח֖וֹחַCho.achthorn[s]H2336 →
בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃be.'o.ho.lei.Hem[will be] in tents theirH168 →

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Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”Isaiah 7:23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.Jeremiah 42:22Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.1 Samuel 13:6Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.Zechariah 10:10–11I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.Deuteronomy 28:63–64Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.Isaiah 32:13and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.Proverbs 24:31Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.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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