Hosea 13:9

Hosea 13:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
• New International Version (NIV)“You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He destroys you, O Israel, for you are against me, against your helper.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“O Israel, you are destroyed, But your help is from Me.

Context of Hosea 13:9

7Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them : 8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the fat of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help. 10I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11I gave thee a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath.

Hosea 13:9 word by word

שִֽׁחֶתְךָ֥ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּֽי־בִ֥י בְעֶזְרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• destroyedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• helpעֵ֫זֶר‛êzer · helperH5828

Cross-references for Hosea 13:9

• Hosea 14:1O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity.
• 2 Kings 17:7For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
• Proverbs 6:32But whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
• Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
• Isaiah 3:9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! for they have rewarded evil to themselves.
• Jeremiah 2:17Hast thou not procured this to thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
• Jeremiah 4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things to thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth to thy heart.
• Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.
• Malachi 1:9And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious to us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your person? saith the LORD of hosts.
• Hosea 13:4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me: for there is no saviour besides me.
• Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
• Psalms 33:20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
• Psalms 46:1Godis our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Psalms 121:1I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from which cometh my help.
• Psalms 146:5Happyis he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
• Ephesians 1:3Blessedbe the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Commentaries on Hosea 13:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself - These evils come not by my immediate infliction; they are the consequences of thy own crimes. In the above terrifying figures of the ferocious beasts, the prophet only shows what they would meet with from the hand of the Assyrians in the war, the famine, and the captivity; God being represented as doing what he only permits to be done. But in me is thine help - "Though thou hast destroyed thyself, yet in me alone…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in Me is thy help - This is one of the concise sayings of Hosea, which is capable of many shades of meaning. The five words, one by one, are literally, “Israel, thy destruction, for” or “that, in” or “against Me, in” or “against thy help.” Something must be supplied any way; the simplest seems; “O Israel, thy destruction” is, “that” thou hast been, hast rebelled “against Me, against thy help”. Yet, in whatever…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked, that, whether God gives or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Me … your helper: See Psalms 70:5; 115:9; 121:2; 124:8. Israel's sin had turned their helper into their destroyer.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. thou ... in me--in contrast. hast destroyed thyself--that is, thy destruction is of thyself (Pr 6:32; 8:36). in me is thine help--literally, "in thine help" (compare De 33:26). Hadst thou rested thy hope in Me, I would have been always ready at hand for thy help [Grotius].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hosea 13

• 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