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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• 14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. (Hos. 10:14)
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Hos. 13:16• 16Samaria shall become desolate; 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 make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
 33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, 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 fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. (Deut. 28:52)
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Deut. 32:25• 25The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. (Deut. 32:25)
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Jer. 5:17• 17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. (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• 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. (Psa. 80:11‑16)
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Isa. 9:14• 14Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. (Isa. 9:14)
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Isa. 18:5• 5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. (Isa. 18:5)
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Isa. 27:10• 10Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. (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?
 6Therefore thus saith the Lord God; 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 the Lord, 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 the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; 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 burned 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 the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Mal. 4:1)
because.
Hos. 10:6• 6It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. (Hos. 10:6)
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Psa. 106:39,43• 39Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
 43Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. (Psa. 106:39,43)
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Isa. 30:1• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, 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."