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

5But they refuse to turn back to me. So they must return to Egypt. Assyria will rule over them. 6War will come to their cities. Enemies will break down the strong city gates. War will destroy my people and all their wicked ideas. My people have decided to turn away from me. That is all that they can think about. They call up to a God who rules above, but he will not help them. 8Israel, I cannot leave you alone. I cannot let you belong to someone else. I cannot destroy you, as I did to Admah and Zeboiim. I now realize that I love you too much. I could never destroy you completely. 9I am very angry with you, but I will not punish you so much. I will never destroy my people, Ephraim. This is because I am God. I am not a human. I am the Holy God who is with you. I will not come to destroy you in my anger.

Hosea 11:7 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• are bentתָּלָאtâlâ' · to hangH8511
• to backslidingמְשׁוּבָהmeshûbâh meshûbâh · faithlessnessH4878
• from me: though they calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• them to the most Highעַל‛al · heightH5920
• none at allיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• would exaltרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311

Cross-references for Hosea 11:7

• Hosea 4:16Israel's people have turned against the Lord. They are like a young cow that refuses to obey its owner. So how can the Lord take care of them? Will he put them in a big field to eat the grass like lambs?
• Hosea 14:4The Lord says, ‘My people turned away from me, but I will forgive them. I will love them very much. I will not be angry with them any more.
• Psalms 78:57They turned away from him and they deceived him, as their ancestors had done. They were useless, like a bow that would not shoot straight!
• Proverbs 14:14If someone turns away from what is right, he will receive the punishment that he deserves. But good people will receive the good things that they deserve.
• Jeremiah 3:6The Lord spoke to me while Josiah was king of Judah. He said, ‘Look at what the Israelites have done. They have not been faithful to me. They have worshipped other gods under every big tree and on every high hill. Israel has been like a wife who is not faithful to her husband.
• Jeremiah 8:5So why have the people of Jerusalem not turned back to me? They turn away from me all the time. They believe the lies of false gods, and they refuse to return to me.
• Jeremiah 14:7‘Lord, our many sins show that we are guilty. But please help us, to show that you are our God. We have turned away from you many times. We have done bad things against you.
• Hosea 11:2But the more I spoke to Israel's people, the more they turned away from me. They offered sacrifices to the images of Baal. They burned incense to give honour to their idols.
• Hosea 7:16They do not look up to me for help. They are as useless as a bow that cannot shoot an arrow properly. Their leaders are proud of their own strength, but they will die in battle. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.’
• 2 Chronicles 30:1Hezekiah sent a message to all the people of Israel and Judah. He also wrote letters to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. He told them to come to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem. They must come to worship the Lord, Israel's God, at the Passover festival.
• Psalms 81:11But my people refused to listen to me. My people, Israel, did not obey me.
• Amos 5:4To the people of Israel's family, the Lord says, ‘Come back to me and you will 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