Hosea 13 in the early church
[Vulgate: Osee]
54 passages quote, allude to, or echo Hosea 13, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 3 · 4 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 11 · 13 · 14 · 15
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:3 | Oration 5.28 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Hos 13:3 | Oration 7.19 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:4 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 2.19.19 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Hos 13:4 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 2.22.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Hos 13:4 | On the Trinity 12.4 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| Hos 13:4 | On the Trinity 12.9 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| Hos 13:4–6 | Liber Orsiesii 36 · Orsiesius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Hosea 13:7
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:7 | Fragments on Luke, column 363 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Hos 13:7 | Fragments on Proverbs, column 203 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Hos 13:7 | Prophetic Extracts 3.10 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Hos 13:7–8 | Tractates on the Psalms 120.15 · Hilary of Poitiers | echo, low confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Hos 13:7–8 | Oration 16.7 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Hos 13:7 | Second Apology of David 30 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 384-397 |
| Hos 13:7–8 | Homily 9 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
Hosea 13:8
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:8 | Fragments on Luke, column 363 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Hos 13:8 | Commentary on Matthew 17.19 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Hos 13:8 | Second Apology of David 30 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 384-397 |
Hosea 13:9
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:9 | Demonstration 19.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Hos 13:9 | Oration 26.18 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Hosea 13:11
So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:11 | Demonstration 19.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Hos 13:11 | Titus of Bostra, Against the Manichees 2.20 · Titus of Bostra | echo, low confidence | ca. 360s |
| Hos 13:11 | Letter 130.26 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, low confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Hos 13:11 | On the Nature of the Good 32 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399 |
Hosea 13:13
Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:13 | Divine Institutes 4.19.9 · Lactantius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| Hos 13:13 | Epitome of the Divine Institutes 42.2 · Lactantius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–320 |
Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
Hosea 13:15
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hos 13:15 | Letter 60.2 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Hos 13:15 | Letter 75.1 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |