Hosea 7:13

Hosea 7:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak about me falsely.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

Context of Hosea 7:13

11Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection. 12I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying, I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together. Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me. 14They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me. 15Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me!

Hosea 7:13 word by word

א֤וֹי לָהֶם֙ כִּֽי־נָדְד֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נִּי שֹׁ֥ד לָהֶ֖ם כִּֽי־פָ֣שְׁעוּ בִ֑י וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶפְדֵּ֔ם וְהֵ֕מָּה דִּבְּר֥וּ עָלַ֖י כְּזָבִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• unto them! for they have fledנָדַדnâdad · to wanderH5074
• from me: destructionשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
• unto them! because they have transgressedפָּשַׁעpâsha‛ · to transgressH6586
• against me: though I have redeemedפָּדָהpâdâh · to ransomH6299
• them, yet they have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• liesכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577

Cross-references for Hosea 7:13

• Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.
• Isaiah 31:1Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.
• Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
• Ezekiel 16:23“‘After all of your evil – “Woe! Woe to you!” declares the sovereign Lord –
• Matthew 23:13“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
• Revelation 8:13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying directly overhead, proclaiming with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!”
• Hosea 11:2But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.
• Job 21:14So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
• Job 22:17They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
• Psalms 139:7Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?
• Jonah 1:3Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the Lord. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 15:15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.
• Nehemiah 1:10They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand.
• Psalms 106:10He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.
• Psalms 107:2Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,
• Isaiah 41:14Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.

Commentaries on Hosea 7:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Wo unto them! - They shall have wo, because they have fled from me. They shall have destruction, because they have transgressed against me. Though I have redeemed them - Out of Egypt; and given them the fullest proof of my love and power. Yet they have spoken lies against me - They have represented me as rigorous and cruel; and my service as painful and unprofitable.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Woe unto them, for they have fled from Me - The threatening rises in severity, as did the measure of their sin. Whereas “Salvation belonged to God” Psalm 3:8 alone, and they only “abide under His shadow” Psalm 91:1-2, who make Him their “refuge, woe” must needs come on them, who leave Him. “They forsake their own mercy” Jonah 2:8. “Woe” they draw upon themselves, who forget God; how much more then they, who willfully and with a high hand transgress…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of Jehovah. There were tokens of approaching ruin, as grey hairs are of old age, but they noticed them not. The pride which leads to break the law of God leads to self-flattery. The mercy and grace of God are the only refuge to which obstinate sinners never think of fleeing. Though they may howl forth their terrors in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Woe: The Hebrew word ’oy was used at funerals to mourn the dead. In God's eyes, Israel was as good as dead because they had rebelled against him. Rebelling against a human king was a capital crime. It was even more serious for God's people to rebel against their heavenly king. I would redeem them: This Hebrew word means paying a fee to bring back someone who has been enslaved. It is often linked to the exodus from Egypt. The Lord wanted to do for the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. fled--as birds from their nest (Pr 27:8; Is 16:2). me--who both could and would have healed them (Ho 7:1), had they applied to Me. redeemed them--from Egypt and their other enemies (Mi 6:4). lies--(Psa 78:36; Jr 3:10). Pretending to be My worshippers, when they all the while worshipped idols (Ho 7:14; Ho 12:1); also defrauding Me of the glory of their deliverance, and ascribing it and their other blessings to idols [Calvin].Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 7:13

• Blasphemy
• Confidence
• Impenitence
• Infidelity
• Ingratitude
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Troop
• Hosea
• Vulgate
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 7

• 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