Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on Hosea 9:13 in English Standard Version "Ephraim, as I have seen, was like a young palm planted in a meadow; but Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter." Eze 27:3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD: “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’Ho 12:1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.