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Hosea 11

Hos. 11:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
are bent
tala' (Hebrew #8511)
to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain; by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate
KJV usage: be bent, hang (in doubt).
Pronounce: taw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
to backsliding
mshuwbah (Hebrew #4878)
from 7725; apostasy
KJV usage: backsliding, turning away.
Pronounce: mesh-oo-baw'
Origin: or mshubah {mesh-oo-baw'}
from me: though they called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
them to the most High
`al (Hebrew #5920)
properly, the top; specifically, the highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
KJV usage: above, high, most High.
Pronounce: al
Origin: from 5927
, χnone at all
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
would exalt
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
him.
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together they exalted not.

Cross References

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are bent.
Hos. 4:16• 16For Israel is refractory as an intractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture. (Hos. 4:16)
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Hos. 14:4• 4I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. (Hos. 14:4)
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Psa. 78:57‑58• 57And revolted, and dealt treacherously like their fathers;{HR}They were turned like a deceitful bow.
 58And they provoked him to anger with their high places,{HR}And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (Psa. 78:57‑58)
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Prov. 14:14• 14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways,{HR}And the good man from himself. (Prov. 14:14)
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Jer. 3:6,8,11• 6And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.
 8And I saw that when for all the causes wherein backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet the treacherous Judah, her sister, feared not, but went and committed fornication also.
 11And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shown herself more just than treacherous Judah. (Jer. 3:6,8,11)
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Jer. 8:5• 5Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. (Jer. 8:5)
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Jer. 14:7• 7Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. (Jer. 14:7)
they called me.
Hos. 11:2• 2[he] then called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. (Hos. 11:2)
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Hos. 7:16• 16They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. (Hos. 7:16)
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2 Chron. 30:1‑11• 1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem to keep the Passover unto Jehovah God of Israel.
 2And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the Passover in the second month.
 3For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not hallowed themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people been gathered together to Jerusalem.
 4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
 5So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel from Beer-Sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover unto Jehovah God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
 6So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you—that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
 7And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren which trespassed against Jehovah God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation as ye see.
 8Now, be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified forever, and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you.
 9For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.
 10So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.
 11Nevertheless, divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 30:1‑11)
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Psa. 81:11• 11And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me. (Psa. 81:11)
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Amos 5:4‑6,14‑15• 4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
 5And seek not Bethel, neither go to Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
 6Seek Jehovah, and live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
 14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you as ye have spoken.
 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah the God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. (Amos 5:4‑6,14‑15)
none at all would exalt him.
Heb. together they exalted not.

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.