Hosea 4:3

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Cross-references

Isaiah 24:4-12 describes the earth mourning and languishing due to sin, exactly the same imagery as Hosea.

In Jeremiah 4:25, the birds flee from the desolate land — the same image of creation mourning under judgment seen here.

Jeremiah 12:4 uses almost identical language: land mourns, beasts and birds swept away due to residents' evil.

Zephaniah 1:3 echoes this judgment: God will sweep away man, beast, birds, and fish — same comprehensive removal.

Genesis 7:21 records the flood's death of all birds, livestock, beasts — the same 'taken away' reality here predicted.

Genesis 6:7 Parallel

Genesis 6:7 has God blotting out man, beast, birds — same creation-wide judgment due to human sinfulness.

Jeremiah 4:28 declares the earth shall mourn — directly parallels the land mourning in this verse.

Jeremiah 9:10 laments that birds and beasts have fled, pastures waste — same desolation due to judgment.

Jeremiah 14:2 uses the same 'mourns' and 'languish' language for Judah's judgment, echoing the ecological devastation.

Jeremiah 23:10 repeats 'the land mourns' and links it to curse and dried pastures, reinforcing the same judgment theme.

Amos 9:5 Parallel

Amos 9:5 has 'all who dwell in it mourn' and earth melting — a strong thematic echo of Hosea 4:3's mourning land.

Joel 1:18 Parallel

Joel 1:18 describes beasts groaning from lack of pasture — a vivid parallel to animals languishing in Hosea 4:3.

Romans 8:20 Parallel

Romans 8:20 expands on creation's subjection to futility because of sin — a NT reflection on the same cosmic effect.

Amos 8:8 Parallel

Amos 8:8 says the land trembles and everyone mourns, closely resembling Hosea's land mourning and inhabitants languishing.

Joel 1:10-13 depicts the ground mourning and crops failing, similar to the land mourning in Hosea.

Amos 1:2 Parallel

Amos 1:2 has the pastures of the shepherds mourning, like the land mourning in Hosea.

Jeremiah 21:6 adds that judgment strikes both man and beast — a similar scope of divine punishment affecting animals.

Jeremiah 4:27 says the whole land becomes a desolation, paralleling the languishing land in Hosea.

Ezekiel 14:17 mentions God cutting off man and beast by sword — animals affected by judgment, but by war not environmental decay.