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

5Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? 6A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans. My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them. 8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! 9I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— 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

• My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• are bentתָּלָאtâlâ' · to hangH8511
• on turning from Meמְשׁוּבָהmeshûbâh meshûbâh · faithlessnessH4878
• Though they callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the Most Highעַל‛al · heightH5920
• He will by no meansלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• He will by no meansיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• exalt themרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311

Cross-references for Hosea 11:7

• Hosea 4:16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
• Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
• Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
• Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
• Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
• Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
• Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
• Hosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
• Hosea 7:16They 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.
• 2 Chronicles 30:1Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
• Amos 5:4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and 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