Hosea 13:15
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Cross-reference
Hosea 5:9 declares Ephraim's desolation, echoing the east wind's judgment in 13:15; both pronounce doom on the same nation.
Hosea 4:19 uses wind as a symbol of judgment wrapping the people — the same divine wind that here dries up the spring.
Genesis 49:22 blesses Joseph as a fruitful bough by a spring — the very flourishing Hosea warns will be dried up by judgment.
Deuteronomy 33:17 extols Ephraim's strength and majesty; Hosea reverses this blessing, showing that flourishing destroyed by an east wind.
Job 18:16 uses the same root-drying imagery to describe the wicked's end, reinforcing the judgment theme.
Ezekiel 19:12 says the east wind dried up the vine's fruit; Hosea's east wind dries up the spring — identical judgment imagery.
Ezekiel 17:10 says the east wind will wither a planted vine — Hosea's east wind dries the spring, both symbols of judgment.
Jeremiah 4:11 speaks of a hot wind from the desert for judgment — identical to Hosea's east wind from the wilderness.
Genesis 41:23 repeats the scorching east wind from the dream, reinforcing the symbol of divine judgment through drought.
Genesis 41:6 introduces the east wind that blights crops, the same meteorological image used in Hosea 13:15 for judgment.
Job 27:21 portrays the east wind carrying away the wicked, directly mirroring the destructive east wind from the Lord in Hosea 13:15.
Isaiah 27:8 explicitly uses the east wind as God's instrument of judgment, directly paralleling the east wind in Hosea.
Jeremiah 18:17 says God will scatter them like an east wind, directly echoing the east wind judgment in Hosea.
Habakkuk 1:9 depicts invading armies coming for violence, mirroring the east wind as God's instrument of judgment.
Isaiah 17:13 depicts nations chased like chaff before the wind — Hosea's east wind brings the same scattering judgment.
Genesis 48:19 records Jacob's blessing that Ephraim would become great, contrasting with Hosea's judgment on Ephraim despite his fruitfulness.
Genesis 41:52 gives the meaning of Ephraim's name as 'fruitful', explaining the allusion in Hosea 13:15's opening phrase.
Isaiah 41:16 describes winnowing by wind carrying enemies away; Hosea's east wind accomplishes similar purging judgment.
Psalm 1:4 likens the wicked to chaff driven by wind; Hosea's east wind similarly drives away and destroys the flourishing.