Hosea 11:7
5 Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
6 A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
9 I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
- KJV
- And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
- WEB
- My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
- ASV
- And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to [him that is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].
- DARBY
- Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth [him].
- BLB
- 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.
- ÅB
- for mitt folk henger fast ved sitt frafall fra meg, og kaller noen dem til det høye, er det ingen av dem som løfter sitt øye oppad.
- OTB
- Så mitt folk er bestemt på å vende seg bort fra meg.
Selv om de kaller på Den Høye,
er det ingen som virkelig opphøyer ham. - B1930
- for mitt folk henger fast ved sitt frafall fra mig, og kaller nogen dem til det høie, er det ingen av dem som løfter sitt øie opad.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 8:5
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:11
And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Read in contextHosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Read in contextAmos 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.
Read in contextHosea 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.
Read in contextAmos 5:4–6
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
Read in contextPsalms 78:57–58
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
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