Hosea 7:10
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto the LORD their God, nor sought him, for all this.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
11And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Psalms 53:2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek after God.
Isaiah 9:12the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind, and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 25:5saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore:
Hosea 5:5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.
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 →