Hosea 9:6

“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.”

"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." - Hosea 9:6
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What does Hosea 9:6 mean?

Hosea 9:6 in the King James Version of the Bible says, "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." This verse comes…

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The Thorns of Abandonment: A Reflection on Hosea 9:6

The ink on the scroll is barely dry and yet the words of Hosea resonate with a haunting truth that echoes through time: "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…

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A Prayer for Restoration Amidst Destruction

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the profound words spoken in the book of Hosea, specifically Hosea 9:6, which warns humanity about the consequences of straying from Your path. "For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them…

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Hosea 9:6 - "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."
Hosea 6:9 - "And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness."
"And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness." - Hosea 6:9
Hosea 6:6 - "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Hosea 9:9 - "They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins."
Hosea 6:8 - "Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 14:5-6 – "I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily."
Hosea 13:9 - "¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help."
Hosea 9:5 - "What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?"
Hosea 6:7 - "But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 9:2 - "The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her."
Hosea 8:9 - "For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers."
Hosea 1:9 - "Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God."
Hosea 9:3 - "They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria."
Hosea 9:11 - "As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception."
Hosea 8:6 - "For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."
Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
Hosea 9:13 - "Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer."
Hosea 9:17 - "My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations."
Hosea 9:8 - "The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God."
Hosea 14:6 - "His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon."
Hosea 12:6 - "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."
Hosea 13:6 - "According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me."
Hosea 5:9 - "Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be."
"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." - Hosea 6:6
Hosea 9:14 - "Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts."
Hosea 7:9 - "Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not."
Hosea 12:9 - "And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast."
Hosea 5:6 - "They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them."