Hosea 11:7

Hosea 11:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
• New International Version (NIV)My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him.

Context of Hosea 11:7

5They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return to me. 6And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels. 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. 8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together. 9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not come in wrath.

Hosea 11:7 word by word

וְעַמִּ֥י תְלוּאִ֖ים לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑י וְאֶל־עַל֙ יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּ יַ֖חַד לֹ֥א יְרוֹמֵם׃Read the interlinear

• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• highרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• exaltרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311

Cross-references for Hosea 11:7

• Hosea 4:16For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
• Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
• Psalms 78:57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
• Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself.
• Jeremiah 3:6Moreover Jehovah said 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.
• Jeremiah 8:5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
• Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
• Hosea 11:2The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
• Hosea 7:16They return, but not to him that is on 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.
• 2 Chronicles 30:1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 81:11But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
• Amos 5:4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

Commentaries on Hosea 11:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Though they called them to the Most High - Newcome is better: "And though they call on him together because of the yoke, he will not raise it. He shall receive no refreshment." See the metaphor, Hosea 11:4; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And My people are bent to backsliding from Me - Literally, “are hung to it!” as we say, “a man‘s whole being “hangs” on a thing.” A thing “hung to” or “on” another, sways to and fro within certain limits, but its relation to that on which it is hung, remains immovable. Its power of motion is restrained within those limits. So Israel, so the sinner, however he veer to and fro in the details and circumstances of his sin, is fixed and immovable in his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Since the Israelites refused to return to the Lord, they would go back to Egypt and serve Assyria. Their past slavery in Egypt symbolized their future exile in Assyria.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. bent to backsliding--Not only do they backslide, and that too from Me, their "chief good," but they are bent upon it. Though they (the prophets) called them (the Israelites) to the Most High (from their idols), "none would exalt (that is, extol or honor) Him." To exalt God, they must cease to be "bent on backsliding," and must lift themselves upwards.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 11:7

• Backsliders
• Impenitence

In the dictionaries

• Most High
• Cord
• Repenting
• Backslide
• Hanging
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings