Hosea 7:10

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 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.

Context of Hosea 7:10

8“The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake! 9Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don’t even know it. Their hair is gray, but they don’t realize they’re old and weak. Their arrogance testifies against them, yet they don’t return to the Lord their God or even try to find him. 11“The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves, first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help. 12But as they fly about, I will throw my net over them and bring them down like a bird from the sky. I will punish them for all the evil they do.

Hosea 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 5:5“The arrogance of Israel testifies against her; Israel and Ephraim will stumble under their load of guilt. Judah, too, will fall with them.
• Jeremiah 3:3That’s why even the spring rains have failed. For you are a brazen prostitute and completely shameless.
• Hosea 7:7Burning like an oven, they consume their leaders. They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries to me for help.
• Hosea 6:1“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.
• Proverbs 27:22You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
• Isaiah 9:13For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent. They will not seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
• Jeremiah 8:5Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.
• Jeremiah 25:5Each time the message was this: ‘Turn from the evil road you are traveling and from the evil things you are doing. Only then will I let you live in this land that the Lord gave to you and your ancestors forever.
• Jeremiah 35:15Time after time I sent you prophets, who told you, “Turn from your wicked ways, and start doing things right. Stop worshiping other gods so that you might live in peace here in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you would not listen to me or obey me.
• Amos 4:6“I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.
• Zechariah 1:4Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’
• Psalms 10:4The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.
• Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.
• Psalms 53:2God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.
• Romans 3:11No one is truly wise; no one is seeking 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

Topics related to Hosea 7:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Confidence
• Pride

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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