Parallel Verses
Amplified
The sword will whirl against and fall on their cities,
And will demolish the bars of their gates and fortifications
And will consume them because of their counsels.
New American Standard Bible
And will demolish
And
King James Version
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Holman Bible
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,
because of their schemes.
International Standard Version
The sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning.
A Conservative Version
And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.
American Standard Version
And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them , because of their own counsels.
Bible in Basic English
And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.
Darby Translation
and the sword shall turn about in his cities, and shall consume his bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sword was polished in his cities, and it consumed his branches, and devoured from their counsels.
King James 2000
And the sword shall rage against his cities, and shall consume his districts, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sword rages in his cities; it consumes his false prophets and devours because of their plans.
Modern King James verseion
And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore shall the sword begin in their cities, the store that they have laid up shall be destroyed and eaten up: and that because of their own imaginations.
NET Bible
A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.
New Heart English Bible
The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall the sword, rage, in his cities, and make an end of his multitudes, and consume them, - because of their counsels.
Webster
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
World English Bible
The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
Youngs Literal Translation
Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed -- from their own counsels.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 11:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Will Have Compassion
5
They will not return to the land of Egypt,
But Assyria will be their king [bringing them into captivity]
Because they refused to return to Me.
The sword will whirl against and fall on their cities,
And will demolish the bars of their gates and fortifications
And will consume them because of their counsels.
My people are bent on turning from Me;
Though the prophets call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.
Cross References
Hosea 13:16
Samaria will be found guilty [and become desolate],
Because she rebelled against her God;
They will fall by the sword,
Their infants will be dashed in pieces,
And their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Hosea 10:6
The golden calf itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to King Jareb;
Ephraim will be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel [to worship the calf and separate Israel from Judah].
Hosea 10:14
Therefore an uproar will arise among your people,
And all your fortresses will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
Leviticus 26:31
I will lay waste your cities as well and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your sweet and soothing aromas [of offerings by fire].
Leviticus 26:33
I will scatter you among the nations and draw out the sword [of your enemies] after you; your land will become desolate and your cities will become ruins.
Deuteronomy 28:52
They will besiege you in all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land; and they will besiege you in all your cities throughout your land which the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 32:25
‘Outside the sword will bereave,
And inside [the chambers] terror—
For both young man and virgin,
For the nursing child and the man of gray hair.
Psalm 80:11-16
Israel sent out its branches to the [Mediterranean] Sea,
And its branches to the [Euphrates] River.
Psalm 106:39
In this way they became unclean in their practices;
They played the prostitute in their own deeds [by giving their worship, which belongs to God alone, to other “gods”].
Psalm 106:43
Many times He rescued them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And sank down in their wickedness.
Isaiah 9:14
Therefore the Lord cuts off head and tail [the highest and the lowest] from Israel,
Both [the high] palm branch and [the low] bulrush in one day.
Isaiah 18:5
For before the harvest, when the blossom is over
And the flower becomes a ripening grape,
He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives,
And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches.
Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city is isolated,
A settlement deserted and abandoned like the desert;
There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and
Isaiah 30:1
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Jeremiah 5:17
“They will consume your harvest and [eat up] your bread;
They will consume your sons and your daughters;
They will consume your flocks and your herds;
They will consume your vines and your fig trees.
With the sword they will break down and demolish your fortified cities in which you trust.
Ezekiel 15:2-7
“Son of man, how is the wood of the grapevine (Israel) better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Ezekiel 20:47
and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every one of your green trees, as well as every one of your dry trees. The blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from the south to the north will be burned by it.
Micah 5:11
“I will cut off the cities of your land
And tear down all your fortifications.
Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.