“The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hosea 11 contains 12 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.