Hosea 11:7

and his people shall cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

In Context

6And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased to war with his hands: and they shall eat of the fruit of their own devices:

8How shall I deal with thee, Ephraim? how shall I protect thee, Israel? what shall I do with thee? I will make thee as Admah, and as Zeboiim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:14A stouthearted man shall be filled with his own ways; 1 And a good man with his own thoughts. 1

Jeremiah 3:6And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what things the house of Israel has done to me? they have gone on every high mountain, and under every shady tree, and have committed fornication there.

Jeremiah 7:25from the day that their fathers went forth out of the land of Egypt, even until this day. And I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, by day and early in the morning: yea, I sent them,

Jeremiah 8:5Wherefore has this my people turned away with a shameless revolting, and strengthened themselves in their willfulness, and refused to return?

Hosea 4:16For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as 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 →

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