Hosea 11:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “My people are bent towards backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He lifts none of them up.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ My people are bent on backsliding from Me; though [the prophets] call them to Him Who is on high, none at all will exalt Him or lift himself up [to come to Him].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ My people are bent on turning away from me; and though they cry out to the Most High, he will not raise them up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And my people will long for my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be taken away.

Hosea 11:7 Cross References

Psalm 81:11

“But My people did not listen to My voice, And Yisra’ĕ

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart is satisfied with his own ways, But a good man is satisfied from his.

Isaiah 26:10

The wrong finds favour, yet he shall not learn righteousness; in the land of straightforwardness he acts perversely, and does not see the excellency of יהוה.

Jeremiah 14:7

O יהוה, though our crookednesses witness against us, act, for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings have been many, we have sinned against You.

Jeremiah 2:19

“Your own evil instructs you, and your backslidings reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter that you have forsaken יהוה  your Elohim, and that My fear is not in you,” declares the Master יהוה  of hosts.

Jeremiah 3:11

And יהוה  said to me, “Backsliding Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 7:25

“From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Mitsrayim until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.

Jeremiah 7:26

“But they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did evil, more than their fathers.

Jeremiah 8:5

“Why then has this people, Yerushalayim, turned away in a continual backsliding? They cling to deceit, they refuse to turn back.

Hosea 11:2

“They called to them, so they went from their face. They slaughtered to the Baʽ

Hosea 14:4

“I shall heal their backsliding, I shall love them spontaneously, for My displeasure has turned away from him.

Hosea 4:16

“For Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 7:16

“They return, but not to the Most High. They have been like a slack bow. Their rulers fall by the sword for the cursings of their tongue. This is their scorn in the land of Mitsrayim.