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Hosea 11:10
10They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
Hosea 11:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall go after the Lord; he will roar like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“They shall walk after the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
- New Living Translation (NLT)For someday the people will follow me. I, the Lord, will roar like a lion. And when I roar, my people will return trembling from the west.
Context of Hosea 11:10
8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused. 9I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man— the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities. They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west. 11They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows, from Assyria, fluttering like doves. I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord. 12Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One.
Read all of Hosea 11Hosea 11:10 word by word
אַחֲרֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה יֵלְכ֖וּ כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה יִשְׁאָ֑ג כִּֽי־ה֣וּא יִשְׁאַ֔ג וְיֶחֶרְד֥וּ בָנִ֖ים מִיָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- They shall walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- he shall roarשָׁאַגshâ'ag · to roarH7580
- like a lionאַרְיֵה'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
- then the childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- shall trembleחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729
- from the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
Cross-references for Hosea 11:10
- Isaiah 2:5Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
- Isaiah 49:10They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: “ ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown.
- Jeremiah 7:6if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,
- Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
- Micah 4:5All the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
- Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they will live securely,” declares the Lord.
- John 8:12When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
- 2 Peter 2:10This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;
- Isaiah 31:4This is what the Lord says to me: “As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey— and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor— so the Lord Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
- Isaiah 42:13The Lord will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.
- Jeremiah 25:30“Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them: “ ‘The Lord will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, shout against all who live on the earth.
- Joel 3:16The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Amos 1:2He said: “The Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”
- Amos 3:4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?
Commentaries on Hosea 11:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They shall walk after the Lord - They shall discern the operations of his providence, when, He shall roar like a lion - When he shall utter his majestic voice, Cyrus shall make his decree. The people shall tremble - be in a state of commotion; every one hurrying to avail himself of the opportunity to return to his own land.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10They shall walk after the Lord - Not only would God not destroy them all, but a remnant of them should “walk after the Lord,” i. e., they shall believe in Christ. The Jews of old understood this of Christ. One of them saith, “this pointeth to the time of their redemption.” And another, “Although I will withdraw from the midst of them My divine presence for their iniquity, and remove them out of their own land, yet shall there be a long time in which they…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 God is slow to anger, and is loth to abandon a people to utter ruin, who have been called by his name. When God was to give a sacrifice for sin, and a Saviour for sinners, he spared not his own Son, that he might spare us. This is the language of the day of his patience; but when men sin that away, then the great day of his wrath comes. Man's compassions are nothing in comparison with the tender mercies of our God, whose thoughts and ways, in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Israel’s sin would not be the final word. God, in his holy love, would roar like a lion (see Amos 1:2; 3:8) to call his people home from exile in Babylon.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. he shall roar like a lion--by awful judgments on their foes (Is 31:4; Jr 25:26-30; Joe 3:16), calling His dispersed "children" from the various lands of their dispersion. shall tremble--shall flock in eager agitation of haste. from the west--(Zec 8:7). Literally, "the sea." Probably the Mediterranean, including its "isles of the sea," and maritime coast. Thus as Ho 11:11 specifies regions of Africa and Asia, so here Europe. Is 11:11-16, is parallel…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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