My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Parallel translations
- WEB My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
- BSB My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- NKJV My God will cast them away, Because they did not obey Him; And they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- NASB My God will reject them Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be wanderers among the nations.
- NLT My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among the nations.
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Quick answer
Because they would not listen, God will reject them, and they will become wanderers among the nations.
Overview
Hosea concludes the section by declaring that Israel's refusal to obey will lead to their being cast off and scattered as homeless wanderers. Disobedience to God's word brings the loss of place and identity. This dispersion stands as a solemn consequence of rejecting God, contrasted with the gathering of the scattered into one people through the gospel of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 28
- Deut 28:64–65And 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.
- Hos 7:13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
- Zech 1:4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
- Zech 7:11–14But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
- Acts 3:23And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
- Isa 48:18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
- Mic 7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- Jer 35:15–17I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
- Jer 26:4–6And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
- Hos 4:10For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
- Amos 9:9For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
- Deut 32:26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
- Neh 5:19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
- Ps 81:11–13But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
- 2 Kgs 17:14–20Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
- 2 Chr 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Isa 7:13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
- Prov 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Jer 25:3–4From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
- 1 Kgs 14:15–16For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
- 2 Chr 18:13And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
- Ps 31:14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
- John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
- Phil 4:19But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
- Amos 8:2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
- Jas 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
- John 20:28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
- John 7:35Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
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