Hosea 9 · Verse 17

Hosea 9:17

My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Hosea 9:17, King James Version

Hosea 9:17 in other translations

BSBMy God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
WEBMy God will cast them away, because they didn’t listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
ASVMy God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
YLTReject them doth my God, Because they have not hearkened to Him, And they are wanderers among nations!
DARBYMy God hath rejected them, because they hearkened not unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
BBEMy God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.
WebsterMy God will cast them away, because they did not hearken to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

What does Hosea 9:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. My God--"My," in contrast to "them," that is, the people, whose God Jehovah no longer is. Also Hosea appeals to God as supporting his authority against the whole people. wanderers among ... nations--(2Ki 15:29; 1Ch 5:26).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 My God will cast them away - Here the prophet seems to apologize for the severity of these denunciations; and to vindicate the Divine justice, from which they proceeded. It is: - Because they did not hearken unto him - That "my God," the fountain of mercy and kindness, "will cast them away." And they shall be wanderers among the nations - And where they have wandered to, who can tell? and in what nations to be found, no man knows. Wanderers they are; and perhaps even now unknown to themselves. Some have thought they have found them in one country; some, in another; and a very pious writer, in a book entitled, The Star in the West, thinks he has found their descendants in the American Indians; among whom he has discovered many customs, apparently the same with those of the ancient Jews, and commanded in the Law. He even thinks that the word Je-ho-vah is found in their solemn festal cry, Ye-ho-wa-he. If they be this long lost people, they are utterly unknown to themselves; their origin being lost in a very remote antiquity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 9:11-17

. God departs from a people, or from a person, when he withdraws his goodness and mercy from them; and when the Lord is departed, what can the creature do? Even though, for the present, good things seem to remain, yet the blessing is gone if God is gone. Even the children should perish with the parents. The Divine wrath dries up the root, and withers the fruit of all comforts; and the scattered Jews daily warn us to…

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Hosea 9:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִמְאָסֵ֣םyim.'a.Semhe will reject themH3988
אֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiGod myH430
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
שָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'Uthey have listenedH8085
ל֑וֹloto him
וְיִהְי֥וּve.yih.Yuso they may beH1961
נֹדְדִ֖יםno.de.DimwanderersH5074
בַּגּוֹיִֽם\׃\ \סba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471

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Cross references for Hosea 9:17

  • Deuteronomy 28:64-65

    And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

  • Hosea 7:13

    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.

  • Zechariah 7:11-14

    But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts: But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

  • Isaiah 48:18

    O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

  • Micah 7:7

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • Zechariah 1:4

    Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

  • Acts 3:23

    And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

  • Jeremiah 35:15-17

    I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

  • Jeremiah 26:4-6

    And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

  • Hosea 4:10

    For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

  • Amos 9:9

    For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:13

    And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My God.
2Ch 18:13; Ne 5:19; Ps 31:14; Isa 7:13; Mic 7:7; Joh 20:17,28
Php 4:19
because.
7:13; 1Ki 14:15,16; 2Ki 17:14-20; 2Ch 36:16; Ps 81:11-13; Pr 29:1
Isa 48:18; Jer 25:3,4; 26:4-6; 35:15-17; Zec 1:4; 7:11-14; Ac 3:23
and.
De 28:64,65; 32:26; Am 8:2; 9:9; Joh 7:35; Jas 1:1

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Context

  • Hosea 9:16

    Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

  • Hosea 9:17

    My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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Hosea 9:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mi Dios los desechará, porque ellos no le oyeron; y andarán errantes entre las gentes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mon Dieu les a rejetés, car ils ne l’ont pas écouté, et ils seront errants parmi les nations.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mein Gott verwirft sie, weil sie nicht auf ihn gehört haben; und sie sollen Flüchtlinge sein unter den Nationen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Abjiciet eos Deus meus, quia non audierunt eum, et erunt vagi in nationibus.