Hosea 7:12
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Cross-references
2 Kings 17:13-18 narrates the actual fall of Israel after prophetic warnings, fulfilling the judgment Hosea prophesies.
Job 19:6 uses the same net imagery for divine entrapment — Job feels caught in God's net just as Ephraim will be.
Jeremiah 16:16 has God sending fishermen to catch Israel — the same net and capture theme as Hosea's spreading net.
Ezekiel 12:13 directly parallels — God spreads his net over the prince, the same judgment imagery as Hosea.
Ezekiel 17:20 uses the same net-spreading imagery for God's judgment, specifically against the king of Judah who broke covenant.
Ezekiel 32:3 applies the net metaphor to Pharaoh, showing God's judgment on Egypt through the same hunting image.
Psalm 66:11 uses the same net imagery for God's testing, showing the net as a means of purifying rather than destroying.
Lamentations 1:13 also combines the net and fire images, intensifying the portrayal of God's judgment found in Hosea.
Revelation 3:19 reveals that divine discipline is an act of love, adding a redemptive purpose to the judgment described in Hosea.
Leviticus 26:14-46 lists covenant curses for disobedience, providing the backdrop for God's discipline referenced in Hosea.
Deuteronomy 28:15-68 details the curses for covenant breaking, which undergirds Hosea's warning of discipline.
Deuteronomy 29:22-28 describes the land's desolation as judgment, echoing the covenant consequences in Hosea.
Deuteronomy 31:16-29 records Moses' prediction of Israel's rebellion and God's judgment, foreshadowing Hosea's context.
Deuteronomy 32:15-43 contains the Song of Moses with imagery of God's judgment, reinforcing the same covenant lesson.