Hosea 9:6
For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Israel is commanded not to rejoice like the nations because they have played the harlot against their God. The days of punishment are coming; the prophet is called a fool by a people corrupted since Gibeah. Ephraim's glory will fly …
Other Translations
For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
For, lo, they have gone because of destruction, Egypt gathereth them, Moph burieth them, The desirable things of their silver, Nettles possess them--a thorn <FI>is<Fi> in their tents.
For see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.
Cross References
And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply …
And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; …
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people …
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for …
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall …
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and …
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines …
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time …
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they …