Hosea 11:7
in Hosea 11My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
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ASV
And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him.
KJV
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
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This verse in Hosea 11
Commentary
7 notes on this verse"It won't return to the land of Egypt, and Assur himself" (The Vulgate adds "is") "its king, because they refused to convert. The sword has begun in its cities, and will consume its chosen ones: it will eat their heads, and my people will hang in my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be removed." LXX: "Ephraim will dwell in Egypt, and Assur himself will be its king: because he did not want to convert.
This site's exposition
the Assyrian shall be his king
on Hosea 11:5-7
He shall not return into the land of Egypt reads with the readings named: some of the bench take it literally against a flight to Egypt for help, others read it as Egypt standing for the old bondage now to be exchanged for a new one under Assyria, since they refused to return to the Lord who called them. The sword shall abide on his cities pictures the coming invasion consuming what their own counsels built, and my people are bent to backsliding names a settled posture rather than a single lapse, called to the most High yet none exalting him, the plea met with silence.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It also intimates that they are resolute in sin; their hearts are fully set in them to do evil the bias is strong that way; and they persist in their backslidings, whatever is said or done to stop them; and yet, (4.) "They are, in profession, my people.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
And my people are bent to backsliding from me,.... There is a propensity in thorn to it, through prevailing corruption in them; they are inclined unto it, the bias of their minds is that way; they are bent upon it, and pertinaciously abide in it; nor will they be reclaimed from it, by all the means and methods made use of, even though they had been, and professed themselves to be the people of God.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And My people are bent to backsliding from Me - Literally, “are hung to it!” as we say, “a man’s whole being “hangs” on a thing.” A thing “hung to” or “on” another, sways to and fro within certain limits, but its relation to that on which it is hung, remains immovable. Its power of motion is restrained within those limits. So Israel, so the sinner, however he veer to and fro in the details and circumstances of his sin, is fixed and immovable in his adherence to his sin itself.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
bent to backsliding--Not only do they backslide, and that too from ME, their "chief good," but they are bent upon it. Though they (the prophets) called them (the Israelites) to the Most High (from their idols), "none would exalt (that is, extol or honor) Him." To exalt God, they must cease to be "bent on backsliding," and must lift themselves upwards.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
Though they called them to the Most High - Newcome is better: “And though they call on him together because of the yoke, he will not raise it. He shall receive no refreshment.” See the metaphor, Hos 11:4 (note).
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַמִּ֥י | veami | and people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| תְלוּאִ֖ים | teluim | [is] hung up | H8511 → | |
| לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑י | limshuvati | to apostasy my | H4878 → | |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עַל֙ | ʾal | a height | H5920 → | |
| יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּ | yikrauhu | they call on him | H7121 → | 733 times |
| יַ֖חַד | yachad | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְרוֹמֵם׃ | yeromem | he will exalt [them] | H7311 → | 190 times |
וְעַמִּ֥יand people my
veamiH5971 →1873 times
תְלוּאִ֖ים[is] hung up
teluimH8511 →
לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑יto apostasy my
limshuvatiH4878 →
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
עַל֙a height
ʾalH5920 →
יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּthey call on him
yikrauhuH7121 →733 times
יַ֖חַדtogether
yachadH3162 →141 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְרוֹמֵם׃he will exalt [them]
yeromemH7311 →190 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:6
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
- Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- John 5:40
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
- Hebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if…
- Jeremiah 9:6
Through
Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in…
it leads to
- Psalms 78:57
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
- Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
- Ezekiel 23:32
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.
- Psalms 78:57
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About Hosea
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 11:5-7; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.