Hosea 13:9

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.

But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

Abraham called the name of that place “Yahweh Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.

Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”

Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Saul said, “No man shall be put to death today; for today Yahweh has rescued Israel.”

“Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.

What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

Now after Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.

If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?

“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.

The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;

“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.

The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’

Elisha said, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Yahweh says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’ ”

and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.

There is no one like you, Yahweh. You are great, and your name is great in might.

But everyone will die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.

Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?

Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.

You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

“Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”

“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.

“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

“Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.