Hosea 7:13

Woe unto them! For they have strayed from Me. 1 Sod (destruction) unto them because they have committed pesha against Me! 1 Though I would redeem them, 1 yet they have spoken kazav (lies) against Me. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

In Context

12When they shall go, I will spread My reshet (net) upon them; 1 I will bring them down as the fowls of Shomayim; 1 I will chastise them, when I hear them congregating. 1

14And they have not cried unto Me with their levavot, 1 when they wailed upon their beds; 1 they congregate themselves for dagan and tirosh, 1 and they depart from Me. 1

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Cross References

Nehemiah 1:10Now these are Thy Avadim and Thy Am, whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy ko'ach hagadol, and by Thy Yad HaChazakah.

Job 22:17Who said unto El, Depart from us; 1 and what can Shaddai do to them? 1

Psalms 107:2Let the Geulei Hashem (the redeemed of Hashem ) say so, 1 whom He hath redeemed from the yad tzar; 1

Isaiah 30:1Hoy (woe, doom) to the banim sorerim (obstinately rebellious children), saith Hashem, 1 that take etzah, but not from Me; 1 and in their plans weave a web, but not of My Ruach, 1 that they may heap up chattat upon chattat; 1

Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Mitzrayim for ezrah (help); 1 and rely on susim, 1 and trust in merkavot, because they are many; 1 and in parashim, because they are very strong; 1 but they look not unto the Kadosh Yisroel, 1 neither seek Hashem! 1

Isaiah 43:1But now thus saith Hashem that created thee, O Ya'akov, 1 And He that formed thee, O Yisroel: 1 Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, 1 I have called thee by thy shem; thou art Mine. 1

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 →

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