Hosea 11:7

Translations

Modern

My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

Traditional

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

Literal

And My people are bent on turning away from Me; though to the Most High they call to Him, He will not at all exalt them.

Latin

Et populus meus pendebit ad reditum meum; jugum autem imponetur eis simul, quod non auferetur.

Original

Hebrew

English

My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

Notes

Hosea 11:5–7

Since the Israelites refused to return to the Lord, they would go back to Egypt and serve Assyria. Their past slavery in Egypt symbolized their future exile in Assyria.

Hosea 11:1–11

God grieved over Israel’s unfaithfulness. Even after all he had done for them, Israel had turned into a rebellious people. Justice required serious punishment, but the final decision about Israel’s future would come from God’s tender compassion for his people, not from an abstract rule.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenant Love God’s Judgment of His People

Events

Prophecies of Hoseac. 785 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 8:5
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Amos 5:14–15
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
Amos 5:4–6
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 3:11
And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Jeremiah 3:6–8
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Hosea 11:2
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
Psalm 81:11
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Psalm 78:57–58
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
Jeremiah 14:7
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

Parallels

Matthew 2:13–15

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Hosea, Book of Mercy

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Backsliders: General Scriptures Concerning Backsliding: Proneness To Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning

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