Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howled in their beds: they have thought upon wheat and wine, they are departed from me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15And I have chastised them, and strengthened their arms: and they have imagined evil against me.
Cross References
Exodus 32:6And rising in the morning, they offered holocausts, and peace victims, and the people sat down to eat, and drink, and they rose up to play.
Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:
Isaiah 65:14Behold my servants shall rejoice, and you shall be confounded: behold my servants shall praise for joyfulness of heart, and you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for grief of spirit.
Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
Hosea 13:9Destruction is thy own, 0 Israel: thy help is only in me.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:9-16
The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy. ( b. c. 750.) 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10 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. 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to… Read the whole commentary →