Hosea 7:13

Terrible things will happen to them because they abandoned/deserted me! They will be destroyed because they rebelled against me. I wanted to rescue them, but they tell lies about me.

Translation for Translators

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

12But wherever they go to get help, I will not allow them to succeed; it will be as though [MET] I will throw a net over them like [SIM] a hunter uses a net to capture birds; I will punish them for the evil things that they do.

14They do not cry out to me sincerely [IDM]; they only lie on their beds and wail. They gather together and ask me to give them grain and wine, but they turn away from me.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 1:10“We are your servants. We are the people whom you brought here by your very great power [MTY, DOU]

Job 22:17They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’ and they also said defiantly, ‘Almighty God can do nothing [RHQ] to harm us!’

Psalms 107:2Those whom Yahweh has saved should tell others that he has rescued them from their enemies.

Isaiah 30:1Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance with the rulers of Egypt, but you did not ask my Spirit if that was what you should do. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.

Isaiah 31:1Terrible things will happen to those who reply on Egypt to help them, trusting in their soldiers’ horses and their many chariots and their strong chariot-drivers, instead of trusting that Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, will help them.

Isaiah 43:1But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation [DOU] says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me [MTY], and you belong to 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 →

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