Hosea 11:7
And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Psalms 78:57And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.
Proverbs 14:14A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.
Jeremiah 3:6And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hast done? she hath gone out of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.
Jeremiah 7:25From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets from day to day, rising up early and sending.
Jeremiah 8:5Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting? they have laid hold on lying, and have refused to return.
Hosea 4:16For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious 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 →