Hosea 9:6
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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 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.
In other translations
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 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.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588הִנֵּהhinehthere!H2009הָלְכוּhalekhuthey have goneH1980מִשֹּׁדmishodfrom [the] devastationH7701מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714תְּקַבְּצֵםtekabetzemit will gather themH6908מֹףmofMemphisH4644תְּקַבְּרֵםtekaberemit will bury themH6912מַחְמַדmachmadtreasureH4261לְכַסְפָּםlekhaspamof silver theirH3701קִמּוֹשׂkimosnettle[s]H7057יִירָשֵׁםyirashemit will take possession of themH3423חוֹחַchoachthorn[s]H2336בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם׃be'oholeihem[will be] in tents theirH168
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Related verses
- Hosea 10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.The 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!”
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- Deuteronomy 28:63-6463 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.63 Just 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. 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
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