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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 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.
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.
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.
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 return to Egypt! Assyria will rule over them because they refuse to repent! 6 A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses. 7 My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!
Cross References
Hosea 13:16
Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground -- their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Hosea 10:6
Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.
Hosea 10:14
The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
Leviticus 26:31
I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.
Leviticus 26:33
I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.
Deuteronomy 28:52
They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse -- those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 32:25
The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.
Psalm 80:11-16
Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.
Psalm 106:39
They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.
Psalm 106:43
Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.
Isaiah 9:14
So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.
Isaiah 18:5
For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.
Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.
Isaiah 30:1
"The rebellious children are as good as dead," says the Lord, "those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.
Jeremiah 5:17
They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in.
Ezekiel 15:2-7
"Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?
Ezekiel 20:47
and say to the scrub land of the Negev, 'Hear the word of the Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to start a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.
Micah 5:11
I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.
Malachi 4:1
"For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up," says the Lord who rules over all. "It will not leave even a root or branch.