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Hosea 10:12 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Hosea 10:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 10 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”
Hosea 10:12 (KJV)
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Commentary on Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy (זִרְעוּ לָכֶם לִצְדָקָה קִצְרוּ לְפִי־חָסֶד)—Agricultural metaphor for covenant ethics: plant צְדָקָה (righteousness) and harvest חֶסֶד (covenant love). Break up your fallow ground (נִירוּ לָכֶם נִיר)—uncultivated, hard-packed soil represents Israel's hardened heart needing deep plowing before new planting. Jeremiah uses the same imagery (Jeremiah 4:3). It is time to seek the LORD (עֵת לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה)—urgent call to repentance. Till he come and rain righteousness upon you—God Himself will bring revival like latter rains. Paul echoes this...
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Cross-References for Hosea 10:12
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“Break up your fallow ground”
“you heavens”
“And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”
“but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.”
“Seek ye the LORD while he may be found”
“Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain”
“and you shall go and pray to me”
“and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed”
“and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper”
“Seek the LORD”