Hosea 11:10 “They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars…”

Hosea 11:10

They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

World English Bible

They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

American Standard Version

They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall walke after the Lord: he shall roare like a lyon: when hee shall roare, then the children of the West shall feare.

Darby Translation

They shall walk after Jehovah; he shall roar like a lion; when he shall roar, then the children shall hasten from the west:

Young's Literal Translation

After Jehovah they go — as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.

Bible in Basic English

They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

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Cross references

“walk”

Jeremiah 31:9 Jeremiah 2:2 Jeremiah 7:6 Jeremiah 7:9 Micah 4:5 Zechariah 10:12

Jeremiah 31:9 · BSB

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.…

Jeremiah 2:2 · BSB

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 7:6 · BSB

if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

Jeremiah 7:9 · BSB

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

Micah 4:5 · BSB

Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

Zechariah 10:12 · BSB

I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

“he shall roar like”

Joel 3:16 Isaiah 31:4 Amos 1:2 Jeremiah 25:30 Amos 3:4 Amos 3:8

Joel 3:16 · BSB

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Isaiah 31:4 · BSB

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so…

Amos 1:2 · BSB

He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”

Jeremiah 25:30 · BSB

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grap…

Amos 3:4 · BSB

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

Amos 3:8 · BSB

The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?

“shall tremble”

Isaiah 64:2 Jeremiah 5:22 Jeremiah 33:9 Acts 24:25 Job 37:1 Psalm 2:11

Isaiah 64:2 · BSB

as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but ca…

Jeremiah 33:9 · BSB

So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will pr…

Acts 24:25 · BSB

As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

Job 37:1 · BSB

“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

Psalm 2:11 · BSB

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

“west”

Zechariah 8:7

Zechariah 8:7 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.

Also

Hosea 3:5 Hosea 6:1–3

Hosea 3:5 · BSB

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Hosea 6:1–3 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.

11They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

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