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Hosea 11

Hos. 11:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
shall abide
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
on his cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and shall consume
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
his branches
bad (Hebrew #905)
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
KJV usage: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Pronounce: bad
Origin: from 909
, and devour
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
them, because of their own counsels
mow`etsah (Hebrew #4156)
a purpose
KJV usage: counsel, device.
Pronounce: mo-ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
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the sword.
Hos. 10:14• 14And a tumult shall arise among thy peoples, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with the children. (Hos. 10:14)
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Hos. 13:16• 16Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. (Hos. 13:16)
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Lev. 26:31,33• 31And I will lay waste your cities, and desolate your sanctuaries, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
 33And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be desolation, and your cities waste. (Lev. 26:31,33)
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Deut. 28:52• 52And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls wherein thou trustedst come down, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. (Deut. 28:52)
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Deut. 32:25• 25From without shall the sword bereave them,{HR}And in the chambers, terror{HR}—Both the young man and the virgin,{HR}The suckling with the man of gray hairs.{HR} (Deut. 32:25)
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Jer. 5:17• 17And they shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread, they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall destroy with the sword thy strong cities, wherein thou trustedst. (Jer. 5:17)
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Mic. 5:11• 11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds. (Mic. 5:11)
consume.
Psa. 80:11‑16• 11It sent out its branches unto the sea,{HR}And its shoots unto the river.
 12Why hast thou broken down its fence,{HR}So that all who pass by the way shall pluck it?
 13The boar out of the forest wasteth it,{HR}And the wild beast of the field feedeth on it.
 14O God of hosts, return, we pray;{HR}Look down even from the heavens and see,{HR}And visit this vine,
 15Even the stock which thy right hand planted,{HR}And the plant (son) thou madest strong for thyself.
 16[It is] burned with fire, cut down:{HR}At the rebuke of thy face they perish. (Psa. 80:11‑16)
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Isa. 9:14• 14And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day. (Isa. 9:14)
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Isa. 18:5• 5For before the harvest, when the bud is finished, and the blossom becometh a ripening grape, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning-knives, and take away [and] cut down the branches. (Isa. 18:5)
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Isa. 27:10• 10For the fortified city [is] solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs. (Isa. 27:10)
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Ezek. 15:2‑7• 2Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
 3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
 4behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
 5Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? should it yet be used for any work?
 6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 7And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them. (Ezek. 15:2‑7)
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Ezek. 20:47• 47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah; thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: The flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt therein. (Ezek. 20:47)
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Mal. 4:1• 1For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Mal. 4:1)
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Hos. 10:6• 6This also shall be carried to Assyria a present to the contentious king: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel be ashamed of his own counsel. (Hos. 10:6)
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Psa. 106:39,43• 39And they were defiled in their doings,{HR}And went a whoring in their actions.
 43Many times he delivereth them,{HR}And they rebel in their counsel{HR}And were brought low by their iniquity. (Psa. 106:39,43)
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Isa. 30:1• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin; (Isa. 30:1)
• Even Egypt, when displeasing to God and about to be judged after Israel, seems to their blind unbelief a desirable shield from the sword of the Assyrian when it comes, as it surely will. What we fly from in opposition to God’s will becomes our severest scourge. (“Hosea 11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the sword shall turn about in his cities, and shall consume his barse, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "branches."

W. Kelly Translation

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And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.