Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning.
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.
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.
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.
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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; instead, the Assyrian will be their king, because they kept refusing to repent. 6 The sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning. 7 My people are determined to turn away from me; though they call to the Most High, no one is worshiping.
Cross References
Hosea 13:16
Samaria will be held guilty, because she has rebelled against her God. By the sword they will fall with their infants dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women torn open."
Hosea 10:6
Indeed, that glory will be carried to Assyria it will become a present for an avenging king. Ephraim will be disgraced, and Israel will become ashamed of its decision.
Hosea 10:14
Therefore a disaster will come upon your people, and all of your fortresses will be ruined. As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in wartime, mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
Leviticus 26:31
I'll lay your cities to waste and destroy your sanctuaries so I don't have to smell the scent of your soothing odors.
Leviticus 26:33
"I'll scatter you among the nations and draw the sword after you so that your land becomes desolate and your towns become ruins.
Deuteronomy 28:52
They'll besiege all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you have trusted collapse throughout the land. Indeed, they will besiege all your cities, which the LORD your God gave you."
Deuteronomy 32:25
Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man."
Psalm 80:11-16
Its branches spread out to the Mediterranean Sea and its shoots to the Euphrates River.
Psalm 106:39
Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.
Psalm 106:43
He delivered them many times, but they demonstrated rebellion by their evil plans; therefore they sunk deep in their sins.
Isaiah 9:14
So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day
Isaiah 18:5
For before the harvest, when the season of budding is over, and sour grapes ripen into mature grapes, he cuts off the shoots with pruning knives, clearing away the spreading branches as he lops them off.
Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city stands desolate, a settlement abandoned and forsaken like the desert; calves graze there, and there they lie down and strip bare its branches.
Isaiah 30:1
"Oh, you stubborn children," declares the LORD, "who carry out plans but they are not mine, and who make alliances but not by my Spirit, piling sin upon sin.
Jeremiah 5:17
"They'll devour your harvest and your food. They'll devour your sons and your daughters. They'll devour your vines and your fig trees. With their swords they'll batter down your fortified cities in which you trust.
Ezekiel 15:2-7
"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest?
Ezekiel 20:47
Prophesy against the forest of the Negev, "Listen to this message from the LORD. This is what the Lord GOD says: "Look out! I'm about to ignite a fire and set it against you. It will devour every tree whether green or dry that lives in you. This powerful flame will not be extinguishable, and the entire surface from south to north will be scorched by it.
Micah 5:11
I will cut off the cities of your land, and I will tear down all of your fortifications.
Malachi 4:1
"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.