Hosea 7:14
12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
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.
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Read in contextJob 35:9–10
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:10
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 78:34–37
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Read in contextZechariah 7:5
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
Read in contextMicah 2:11
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Read in contextAmos 2:8
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
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