Hosea 11:7
My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.
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Psalms 78:57Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.
Proverbs 14:14He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
Jeremiah 3:6And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.
Jeremiah 7:25From the day when your fathers came out of Egypt till this day, I have sent my servants the prophets to you, getting up early every day and sending them:
Jeremiah 8:5Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.
Hosea 4:16For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:2-8
God's Goodness to Israel; The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Displeasure with Israel. ( b. c. 730.) 1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat… Read the whole commentary →