Hosea 11:7
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Hosea 11:7 in other translations
| BSB | My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not. |
| DARBY | Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth him. |
| BBE | My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up. |
| Webster | And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. |
What does Hosea 11:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 11:1-7
God's regard for Israel; their ingratitude. (Hos. 11:1-7) The Divine mercy yet in store. (Hos. 11:8-12) Verses 1-7 When Israel were weak and helpless as children, foolish and froward as children, then God loved them; he bore them as the nurse does the sucking child, nourished them, and suffered their manners. All who are grown up, ought often to reflect upon the goodness of God to them in their childhood. He took…
Hosea 11:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 11:7
- Jeremiah 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 3:11
And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
- Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
- Amos 5:14-15
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
- Hosea 7:16
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.
- Amos 5:4-6
For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought. Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth–el.
- Psalms 78:57-58
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- Jeremiah 3:6-8
The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
- Psalms 81:11
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
- Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
- Hosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
- Jeremiah 14:7
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
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Context
- Hosea 11:6
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
- Hosea 11:7
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
- Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Hosea 11:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entre tanto, está mi pueblo adherido á la rebelión contra mí: aunque lo llaman al Altísimo, ninguno absolutamente quiere ensalzar le. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et mon peuple tient à se détourner de moi; on les appelle vers le Très-Haut: pas un d’eux ne l’exalte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn mein Volk hängt an dem Abfall von mir, und ruft man es nach oben, keiner von ihnen erhebt sich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et populus meus pendebit ad reditum meum; jugum autem imponetur eis simul, quod non auferetur. |