Hosea 11:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.”
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“My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 11:7 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 30:1Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
- Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Isaiah 26:10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
- Jeremiah 3:11And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
- Jeremiah 7:25From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
- Jeremiah 7:26Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Hosea 4:16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
- Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
- Hosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
- Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
- Amos 5:4For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
- Amos 5:14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
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