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 Living Translation (NLT)For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me.

Context of Hosea 11:7

5“He shall not return to the land of Egypt; But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to repent. 6And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels. My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him. 8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred. 9I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come with terror.

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 4:16“For Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn calf; Now the Lord will let them forage Like a lamb in open country.
• Hosea 14:4“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.
• Psalms 78:57But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
• Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied from above.
• Jeremiah 3:6The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.
• Jeremiah 8:5Why has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return.
• Jeremiah 14:7O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You.
• Hosea 11:2As they called them, So they went from them; They sacrificed to the Baals, And burned incense to carved images.
• Hosea 7:16They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
• 2 Chronicles 30:1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel.
• Psalms 81:11“But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me.
• Amos 5:4For thus says the Lord 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