New King James Version
Hosea 7:10
10And the pride of Israel testifies to his face, But they do not return to the Lord their God, Nor seek Him for all this.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the Lord his God or search for him.
- 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 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 has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned. 9Aliens have devoured his strength, But he does not know it; Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, Yet he does not know it. 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. 11“Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense— They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria. 12Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them According to what their congregation has heard.
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 5:5The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot’s forehead; You refuse to be ashamed.
- Hosea 7:7They are all hot, like an oven, And have devoured their judges; All their kings have fallen. None among them calls upon Me.
- Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
- Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
- Isaiah 9:13For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 25:5They said, ‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 35:15I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me.
- Amos 4:6“Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me,” Says the Lord.
- Zechariah 1:4“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
- Psalms 10:4The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
- Psalms 53:2God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
- Romans 3:11There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after 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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- 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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