Hosea 9:6

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

Cross-reference

Hosea 9:3 Parallel

Hosea 9:3 says they will return to Egypt; 9:6 expands on that with Egypt gathering and burying them — same prophecy in context.

Hosea 9:12 Parallel

Hosea 9:12 continues the same judgment: God will bereave them of children, leaving no man.

Hosea 10:8 Parallel

In Hosea 10:8, thorns and thistles cover altars as judgment imagery, parallel to the overgrown tents in this verse.

Hosea 11:11 Contrast

In Hosea 11:11, Egypt becomes a place of return and restoration, opposite to the burial and judgment in this verse.

Hosea 11:5 Contrast

Hosea 11:5 says they will not return to Egypt but serve Assyria — contrasting the Egypt burial here.

Deuteronomy 28:63 prophesies the LORD rejoicing to destroy and pluck them from the land — Hosea 9:6 describes this destruction and exile.

Proverbs 24:31 uses thorns and weeds over a neglected field, echoing the overgrowth imagery here.

Isaiah 5:6 Parallel

Isaiah 5:6 has God making a wasteland with briers and thorns, the same judgment imagery as this verse.

Isaiah 11:11 describes God reclaiming a remnant from Egypt for restoration, contrasting with the gathering for death here.

Isaiah 27:12 speaks of gathering Israel from Egypt one by one for redemption, not burial.

Zechariah 10:10 promises bringing back from Egypt, reversing the judgment of being buried there.

Jeremiah 42:22 Related theme

Jeremiah 42:22 warns of death by sword, famine, pestilence in Egypt — matching the burial in Egypt here.

Ezekiel 30:13 Historical context

Ezekiel 30:13 mentions God's judgment on Noph (Memphis) — the same city that buries Israel here.

Deuteronomy 28:64 predicts scattering among all nations, while Hosea 9:6 mentions gathering in Egypt — different aspects of exile but both covenant curses.

Psalm 107:34 Related theme

Psalm 107:34 describes fruitful land turned to salt waste due to wickedness, similar to the desolation in this verse.