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Hosea 7:10
10Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the Lord his God or search for him.
Hosea 7:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him, for all this.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the pride of Israel testifies to his face, But they do not return to the Lord their God, Nor seek Him for all this.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Their arrogance testifies against them, yet they don’t return to the Lord their God or even try to find him.
Context of Hosea 7:10
8“Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over. 9Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice. Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the Lord his God or search for him. 11“Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless— now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria. 12When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like the birds in the sky. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.
Read all of Hosea 7Hosea 7:10 word by word
וְעָנָ֥ה גְאֽוֹן־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּפָנָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֙בוּ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א בִקְשֻׁ֖הוּ בְּכָל־זֹֽאת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- testifiethעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- to his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- and they do not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- nor seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
Cross-references for Hosea 7:10
- Hosea 5:5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them.
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.
- Hosea 7:7All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.
- Hosea 6:1“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
- Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
- Isaiah 9:13But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord Almighty.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 25:5They said, “Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.
- Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, “Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not paid attention or listened to me.
- Amos 4:6“I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord.
- Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
- Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
- Psalms 53:2God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
- Romans 3:11there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
Commentaries on Hosea 7:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The pride of Israel - The same words as at Hosea 5:6; (note), where see the note.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face - His pride convicted him. All the afflictions of God humbled him not; yea, they but brought out his pride, which “kept him from acknowledging and repenting of the sins which had brought those evils upon him, and from “turning to God and seeking to Him” for remedy”. People complain of their “fortune” or “fate” or “stars,” and go on the more obstinately, to build up what God destroys, to prop up by human means…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. 8-12Israel ignored the Lord in both their international and domestic decisions. Like confused and helpless doves, they moved back and forth between Assyria and Egypt, trying in vain to make treaties that would save their land. Assyria and Egypt were the major powers of their time.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Repetition of Ho 5:5. not return to ... Lord ... for all this--notwithstanding all their calamities (Is 9:13).Read the comment
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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
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