Hosea 7:14

12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.

13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
KJV
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
WEB
They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
ASV
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
DARBY
And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.
BLB
And they did not cry out to Me with their heart, when they wailed upon their beds; they slash themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against Me.
ÅB
De roper ikke til meg fra sitt hjerte, men ligger og hyler på sitt leie; de trenger seg sammen for å få korn og most, men fra meg vender de seg bort.
OTB
Og de roper ikke til meg fra sitt hjerte
Når de jamrer på sine senger;
For kornets og den nye vinens skyld samler de seg,
De vender seg bort fra meg.
B1930
De roper ikke til mig fra sitt hjerte, men ligger og hyler på sitt leie; de trenger sig sammen for å få korn og most, men fra mig vender de sig bort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 4:3

    And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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  • Job 35:9–10

    Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

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  • Jeremiah 3:10

    Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.

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  • Psalms 78:34–37

    When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

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  • Zechariah 7:5

    “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

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  • Micah 2:11

    If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

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  • Philippians 3:19

    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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  • Amos 2:8

    They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

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