God’s Word Translation
Hosea 9:17
17My God will reject them because they refused to listen to him. They will wander among the nations.
Hosea 9:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- New International Version (NIV)My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My God will reject them because they have not listened to him; they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My God will cast them away, Because they did not obey Him; And they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Context of Hosea 9:17
15“All Ephraim’s wickedness began in Gilgal; I hated the people there. I will force them out of my temple because of their wickedness, and I won’t love them anymore. All their officials are rebellious. 16“The people of Ephraim are like sick plants. Their roots are dried up. They have no fruit. Even if they were to have children, I would kill their dear children.” My God will reject them because they refused to listen to him. They will wander among the nations.
Read all of Hosea 9Hosea 9:17 word by word
יִמְאָסֵ֣ם אֱלֹהַ֔י כִּ֛י לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ ל֑וֹ וְיִהְי֥וּ נֹדְדִ֖ים בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 9:17
- 2 Chronicles 18:13Micaiah answered, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives, I will tell him whatever my God says to me.”
- Nehemiah 5:19Remember me, my God. Consider everything that I have done for these people.
- Psalms 31:14I trust you, O Lord. I said, “You are my God.”
- Isaiah 7:13“Listen now, descendants of David,” Isaiah said. “Isn’t it enough that you try the patience of mortals? Must you also try the patience of my God?
- Micah 7:7I will look to the Lord. I will wait for God to save me. I will wait for my God to listen to me.
- John 20:17Jesus told her, “Don’t hold on to me. I have not yet gone to the Father. But go to my brothers and sisters and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
- Philippians 4:19My God will richly fill your every need in a glorious way through Christ Jesus.
- Hosea 7:13“How horrible it will be for these people. They have run away from me. They must be destroyed because they’ve rebelled against me. I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me.
- 1 Kings 14:15“The Lord will strike Israel like cattails which shake in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which he gave their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River because they dedicated poles to the goddess Asherah and made the Lord furious.
- 2 Kings 17:14But they refused to listen. They became as impossible to deal with as their ancestors who refused to trust the Lord their God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until the Lord became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.
- Psalms 81:11“But my people did not listen to me. Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
- Proverbs 29:1A person who will not bend after many warnings will suddenly be broken beyond repair.
- Isaiah 48:18If only you had listened to my commands! Your peace would be like a river ⌞that never runs dry⌟. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.
- Jeremiah 25:3“For 23 years, from the time that Josiah, son of Amon, was in his thirteenth year as king of Judah until today, the Lord continued to speak his word to me. So I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
- Jeremiah 26:4The Lord added, “Also say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: Suppose you don’t listen to me and don’t follow my teachings that I set in front of you.
Commentaries on Hosea 9:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17My 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 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 beware, lest we neglect or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17wanderers: God would judge the Israelites by removing them from the land, leaving them without a home.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 9
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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