Hosea 11:7
And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; and though they call them upwards, none at all will lift himself up.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Psalms 78:57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Proverbs 14:14The dissembler in heart shall have his fill from his own ways; and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Jeremiah 3:6And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did? she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and there played the harlot.
Jeremiah 7:25even since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day; and though I have sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily betimes and often,
Jeremiah 8:5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Hosea 4:16For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large 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 →