Hosea 11:7

In 11 translations

BSB

My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

KJV

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.none…: Heb. together they exalted not

WEB

My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.

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.

LSV

And My people are hanging in suspense about My returning, || And to the Most High they call, || Together they do not exalt.

YLT

And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.

DBY

Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth [him].

DRC

And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.

GNV

And my people are bent to rebellion against me: though they called them to the most hie, yet none at all would exalt him.

JPS

And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; and though they call them upwards, none at all will lift himself up.

LXXE

and his people shall cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.

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WLC

וְעַמִּ֥י תְלוּאִ֖ים לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑י וְאֶל־עַל֙ יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּ יַ֖חַד לֹ֥א יְרוֹמֵם׃We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

LXX-Br

καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπικρεμάμενος ἐκ τῆς κατοικίας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τὰ τίμια αὐτοῦ θυμωθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃ αὐτόν.

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• Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
• Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
• Jeremiah 3:11And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
• 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. Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be…
• Amos 5:4–6For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing. Seek the…
• 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. They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
• 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 3:6–8Now 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. I thought that after she…
• Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
• Hosea 4:16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
• 2 Chronicles 30:1–11Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of…
• 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.

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