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Hosea 11:7

My 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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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַמִּ֥יve.'a.Miand people myH5971 →
תְלוּאִ֖יםte.lu.'Im[is] hung upH8511 →
לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑יlim.shu.va.Tito apostasy myH4878 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
עַל֙'ala heightH5920 →
יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּyik.ra.'U.huthey call on himH7121 →
יַ֖חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יְרוֹמֵם׃ye.ro.memhe will exalt [them]H7311 →

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Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.Isaiah 26:10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Amos 5:14–15Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.Amos 5:4–6For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Jeremiah 15:6You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.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 the land of Egypt.Psalms 78:57–58They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.Jeremiah 3:6–8Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.Hosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.Jeremiah 3:11And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

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