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Hosea 2:4

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And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
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  1. Ezekiel 8:18Rank 1 from verse 4
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    18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

  2. Ezekiel 9:10Rank 2 from verse 4
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    10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

  3. Hosea 1:2Rank 3 from verse 4
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    2The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

  4. Hosea 1:6Rank 4 from verse 4
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    6¶ And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

  5. James 2:13Rank 5 from verse 4
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    13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  6. Jeremiah 13:14Rank 6 from verse 4
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    14And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  7. Jeremiah 16:5Rank 7 from verse 4
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    5For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

  8. 2 Kings 9:22Rank 8 from verse 4
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    22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

  9. Isaiah 27:11Rank 9 from verse 4
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    11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

  10. Isaiah 57:3Rank 10 from verse 4
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    3¶ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

  11. John 8:41Rank 11 from verse 4
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    41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

  12. Romans 11:22Rank 12 from verse 4
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    22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

  13. Romans 9:18Rank 13 from verse 4
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    18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

  14. Zechariah 1:12Rank 14 from verse 4
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    12¶ Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

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Hosea 2:4

COMBINED MEANING

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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2:3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

2:4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

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2:5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

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