Hosea 11:7
My people are hanging on to their apostasy from me. They call him “god on high” but he will not raise them up at all.
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6War will sweep through their cities, putting an end to their boasting and destroying their plans.
Cross References
Psalms 78:57Just like their forefathers they turned away from God and were unfaithful to him, as twisted as a defective bow.
Proverbs 14:14Disloyal people are repaid for what they do, and good people are rewarded.
Jeremiah 3:6During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord told me, Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has prostituted herself on every high hill and under every green tree.
Jeremiah 7:25From the time your forefathers left Egypt until now, I have sent you time after time my servants the prophets.
Jeremiah 8:5So why have these people of Jerusalem gone the wrong way? Why do they refuse to turn around from their repeated betrayals, holding on to all their lies?
Hosea 4:16For Israel is as stubborn as a stubborn cow. Should the Lord then take care of them like a lamb in a wide pasture?
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 →