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Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning from Me; Though the prophets call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Impenitence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Backsliding;   Deterioration-Development;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Backsliding;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Backsliding;   Prophecy, prophet;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Destroy, Destruction;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ephraim (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Backsliding;   Hosea;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Backslider;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bent;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Backslide;   Hanging;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My people are bent on turning from me.Though they call to him on high,he will not exalt them at all.
Hebrew Names Version
My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to Ha`Elyon, He certainly won't exalt them.
King James Version
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
English Standard Version
My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
New American Standard Bible
So My people are determined to turn from Me. Though they call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.
New Century Version
My people have made up their minds to turn away from me. The prophets call them to turn to me, but none of them honors me at all.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And my people are bent to rebellion against me: though they called them to the most hie, yet none at all would exalt him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.
Legacy Standard Bible
So My people are hung up on turning from Me.Though they call them to the One on high,None at all exalts Him.
Berean Standard Bible
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
Contemporary English Version
My people are determined to reject me for a god they think is stronger, but he can't help.
Complete Jewish Bible
My people are hanging in suspense about returning to me; and though they call them upwards, nobody makes a move.
Darby Translation
Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth [him].
Easy-to-Read Version
"My people expect me to come back. They will call to God above, but he will not help them."
George Lamsa Translation
And my people are inclined to backslide from me; though they shall call to God, they will take counsel together, and none at all would exalt him.
Good News Translation
They insist on turning away from me. They will cry out because of the yoke that is on them, but no one will lift it from them.
Lexham English Bible
My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all.
Literal Translation
And My people are bent on backsliding from Me. And they call him to the Most High; no one at all would exalt Him .
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; and though they call them upwards, none at all will lift himself up.
King James Version (1611)
And my people are bent to backesliding from mee: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And my people shall stande in a doubt whither to turne them: for when the [prophetes] called them to the most hyest, not one yet woulde geue him his glorie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him.
World English Bible
My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, He certainly won't exalt them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And my puple schal hange, at my comynge ayen. But a yok schal be put to hem togidere, that schal not be takun awei.
Update Bible Version
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].
Webster's Bible Translation
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him].
New English Translation
My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!
New King James Version
My people are bent on backsliding from Me.Though they call to the Most High, [fn] None at all exalt Him.
New Living Translation
For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don't truly honor me.
New Life Bible
My people are always turning from Me. Even when those who speak for the Lord call them to the Most High, no one honors Him.
New Revised Standard
My people are bent on turning away from me. To the Most High they call, but he does not raise them up at all.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, my people, are bent towards turning from me, though upwards they call them, none of them can lift them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.
Revised Standard Version
My people are bent on turning away from me; so they are appointed to the yoke, and none shall remove it.
Young's Literal Translation
And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My people hath no lust to turne vnto me, their prophetes laye the yocke vpon the, but they ease them not of their burthen.

Contextual Overview

1When Israel was a child [a young nation], I loved him, And I called My son out of Egypt. 2The more they [the prophets] called them [to repentance and obedience], The more they went away from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to the carved images. 3Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them in My arms [nurturing the young nation]; But they did not know that I healed them. 4I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them], And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws; And I bent down to them and fed them. 5They will not return to the land of Egypt, But Assyria will be their king [bringing them into captivity] Because they refused to return to Me. 6The sword will whirl against and fall on their cities, And will demolish the bars of their gates and fortifications And will consume them because of their counsels. 7My people are bent on turning from Me; Though the prophets call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

are bent: Hosea 4:16, Hosea 14:4, Psalms 78:57, Psalms 78:58, Proverbs 14:14, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:11, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 14:7, they called me, Hosea 11:2, Hosea 7:16, 2 Chronicles 30:1-11, Psalms 81:11, Amos 5:4-6, Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15

none at all would exalt him: Heb. together they exalted not

Reciprocal: Psalms 99:5 - Exalt Isaiah 26:10 - and will not Isaiah 27:8 - thou wilt Isaiah 50:2 - when I came Jeremiah 2:19 - and thy Jeremiah 5:23 - a revolting Jeremiah 6:29 - in vain Jeremiah 7:13 - and I called Jeremiah 14:10 - have they Jeremiah 15:6 - thou art Jeremiah 31:22 - backsliding Zephaniah 1:6 - turned Matthew 22:3 - and they would not Matthew 23:37 - and ye Luke 13:34 - and ye

Cross-References

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth."
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), knowing [how to distinguish between] good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take from the tree of life as well, and eat [its fruit], and live [in this fallen, sinful condition] forever"—
Genesis 10:5
From these, [the people of] the coastlands of the nations were separated and spread into their lands, every one according to his own language, according to their constituent groups (families), and into their nations:
Genesis 10:20
These are the descendants of Ham according to their constituent groups, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.
Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and from these [people] the nations were separated and spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11:2
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Genesis 11:4
They said, "Come, let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower whose top will reach into the heavens, and let us make a [famous] name for ourselves, so that we will not be scattered [into separate groups] and be dispersed over the surface of the entire earth [as the LORD instructed]."
Genesis 11:5
Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
Genesis 11:11
And Shem lived five hundred years after Arpachshad was born, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12
When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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. Some understand this, not of their backsliding and aversion from God; but either of his return to them, or of their return to him, rendering the words, "and my people are in suspense" a; like a man that hangs in the air, as Aben Ezra, neither ascends nor descends; that is, they are in doubt of what should be done to thorn, or they themselves should do: either "about my return" b; that is, to them; whether after all they may expect that God would be kind and merciful to them, so Abarbinel: or "about return to me" c; whether they should or not, inclining rather not to return. So the Targum,

"my people divide (or hesitate) to return to my law;''

with which Jarchi agrees, paraphrasing it,

"when the prophets instruct them to return unto me, they are in suspense whether to return or not;''

but Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe the word is always used in a bad sense, of aversion or backsliding, and that the word is in another form when used for repentance or returning;

though they called them to the most High; that is, the prophets of the Lord called them to turn from their idols, and return to the most high God, the true and the living God, from whom they had backslidden, and to his true worship, they had neglected and forsaken:

none at all would exalt [him]; the most high God, and give him the praise and glory due to his name; but, on the other hand, extolled their idols, and ascribed all their good things to them: or "none would exalt them" d the prophets of the Lord that called them; would not give that honour to them that was due to their office, or pay any regard to them, or to their admonitions and advice, but depreciated them, and reproached and persecuted them: or "none at all would lift up": that is, their head, as Aben Ezra, toward the heaven, and to God in it, to whom they were called; but kept looking on the earth, and to earthly things, particularly to their idols; and did not lift up or erect their ears, to hearken to what was said to them, but were deaf to all counsel and reproof. The Targum is,

"they walked not in an erect stature.''

Agreeably to which the former clause may be rendered, as by some, "and they called them to things above"; but none would look upwards;

:-.

a תלואים "suspensi haerent", Junius Tremellius "suspensi", Montanus, Schmidt. b למשובתי "ad reditum meum", V. L. c "Circa redire ad me", Castalio. d לא ירומם "eos non exaltabit", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. Whatever else Israel did, on one thing his whole being, as a nation, depended, on “backsliding” or aversion from God. The political existence of Israel, as a separate kingdom, depended on his worship of the calves, “the sin wherewith” Jeroboam “made Israel to sin.” This was the ground of their “refusing to return” Hosea 11:5, that, through habitual sin, they were no longer in their own power: they were fixed in evil.

Though they called them to the most High - Literally, “called him.” As one man, the prophets called Israel; as one man, Israel refused to return; “none at all would exalt” Him, literally, “together he exalteth Him not.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hosea 11:7. Though they called them to the Most HighNewcome 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, Hosea 11:4.


 
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