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Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt <i>him</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt <i>Him.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So My people are determined to turn from Me. Though they call them to <i>the One</i> on high, None at all exalts <i>Him.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call them to <i>the One</i> on high, None at all exalts <i>Him.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So My people are hung up on turning from Me. Though they call them to <i>the One</i> on high, None at all exalts <i>Him</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />My people are bent on turning from Me; Though the prophets call them to <i>the One</i> on high, None at all exalts <i>Him</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to Him on high, He will not exalt them at all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My people are determined to reject me for a god they think is stronger, but he can't help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My people are determined to turn away from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will not pardon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />My people are determined to turn away from me; though they call to the Most High, no one is worshiping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won't exalt them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And My people are hanging in suspense about My returning, "" And to the Most High they call, "" Together they do not exalt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And my people are bent to turning away from me: and they will call together to the Most High; he will not exalt them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And my people will long for my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be taken away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My people have their mind set on apostasy; though they call on God in unison, he shall not raise them up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />My people are bent on turning away from me. To the Most High they call, but he does not raise them up at all.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And my nation depends on dwelling with me and to God they will call and it will think as one and it shall not be exalted<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And My people are in suspense about returning to Me; And though they call them upwards, None at all will lift himself up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and his people <i>shall</i> cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/11-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1726" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/11.htm">Out of Egypt I Called my Son</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·‘am·mî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/8511.htm" title="8511: ṯə·lū·’îm (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To hang. A primitive root; to suspend; figuratively to be uncertain; by implication to habituate.">are bent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4878.htm" title="4878: lim·šū·ḇā·ṯî (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Turning back, apostasy. Or mshubah; from shuwb; apostasy.">on turning from Me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: yiq·rā·’u·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">Though they call</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5920.htm" title="5920: ‘al (N-ms) -- Height. From alah; properly, the top; specifically, the highest; also aloft, to Jehovah.">the Most High,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">He will by no means</a> <a href="/hebrew/3162.htm" title="3162: ya·ḥaḏ (Adv) -- Unitedness. From yachad; properly, a unit, i.e. unitedly."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: yə·rō·mēm (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">exalt them.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a></span><br />Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a></span><br />But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Jeremiah 11:8</a></span><br />Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8</a></span><br />But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-14.htm">2 Kings 17:14</a></span><br />But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Nehemiah 9:29</a></span><br />You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-11.htm">Psalm 81:11-12</a></span><br />But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. / So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4-5</a></span><br />Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. / Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O 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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-40.htm">John 5:40</a></span><br />yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a></span><br />But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8</a></span><br />do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.</p><p class="hdg">are bent.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Hosea 4:16</a></b></br> For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">Hosea 14:4</a></b></br> I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-57.htm">Psalm 78:57,58</a></b></br> But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow… </p><p class="hdg">they called me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Hosea 11:2</a></b></br> <i>As</i> they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Hosea 7:16</a></b></br> They return, <i>but</i> 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 <i>shall be</i> their derision in the land of Egypt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1-11</a></b></br> And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel… </p><p class="hdg">none at all would exalt him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/9-5.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/hosea/5-11.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Exalt</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-19.htm">Exalteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-18.htm">Exalts</a> <a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">High</a> <a href="/daniel/11-14.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/daniel/5-17.htm">Means</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-7.htm">Returning</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-66.htm">Suspense</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Together</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/hosea/10-11.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Upwards</a> <a href="/daniel/10-9.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/hosea/11-5.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/12-9.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/hosea/14-4.htm">Backsliding</a> <a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm">Exalt</a> <a href="/luke/14-11.htm">Exalteth</a> <a href="/matthew/23-12.htm">Exalts</a> <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/amos/6-10.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Means</a> <a href="/micah/2-8.htm">Returning</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/luke/3-16.htm">Suspense</a> <a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Together</a> <a href="/hosea/11-9.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/john/11-41.htm">Upwards</a> <a href="/joel/2-11.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/hosea/12-8.htm">Won't</a> <a href="/nahum/1-13.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-5.htm">His judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">God's mercy toward them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Israel's falsehood and Judah's fidelity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "bent" suggests a strong inclination or stubbornness, indicating that the people's hearts are set on apostasy. Historically, Israel's idolatry and alliances with foreign nations demonstrate this turning away. The context of Hosea, a prophet to the Northern Kingdom, underscores the spiritual adultery of Israel, as they often worshiped Baal and other deities. This rebellion is reminiscent of the Israelites' behavior in the wilderness (Exodus 32) and their cyclical sin during the time of the Judges (<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-19</a>).<p><b>Though they call to the Most High,</b><br>This phrase suggests a superficial or insincere appeal to God. Despite their rebellion, the Israelites still engaged in religious rituals and called upon God, perhaps in times of distress. This reflects a common theme in the Old Testament where the people of Israel would turn to God in desperation but not in genuine repentance (<a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a>). The term "Most High" emphasizes God's supreme authority and sovereignty, a title that denotes His power over all creation (<a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Genesis 14:18-20</a>).<p><b>He will by no means exalt them.</b><br>This indicates that God will not honor or elevate those who are insincere in their devotion. The phrase underscores the principle that God desires true repentance and faithfulness rather than empty rituals (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>). The historical context of Hosea shows that Israel's continued rebellion led to their eventual downfall and exile by Assyria in 722 BC. This serves as a warning that God's patience has limits, and judgment follows persistent disobedience. Theologically, this reflects the justice of God, who cannot be mocked (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>), and points to the need for genuine transformation, a theme fulfilled in the New Testament through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century BC. His ministry focused on calling Israel back to faithfulness to God amidst widespread idolatry and moral decay.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often depicted in Hosea as an unfaithful spouse or rebellious child, symbolizing the nation's spiritual adultery and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in Hosea, portrayed as a loving and compassionate father who is deeply grieved by Israel's persistent rebellion and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/persistent_rebellion.htm">Persistent Rebellion</a></b><br><a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7</a> highlights Israel's stubbornness in turning away from God. This serves as a warning against the dangers of hardening our hearts and persisting in sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_grief.htm">Divine Grief</a></b><br>The verse reflects God's sorrow over Israel's rebellion. Understanding God's emotional response to sin can deepen our appreciation for His love and patience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite Israel's rebellion, God's desire is for His people to return to Him. This underscores the importance of repentance and the hope of restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_relationship.htm">Faithfulness in Relationship</a></b><br>The relationship between God and Israel is likened to a familial bond. This calls us to examine our own faithfulness in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Israel's turning to other gods serves as a caution against modern forms of idolatry, urging us to evaluate what might be drawing our hearts away from God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_one-world_government.htm">What does the Bible say about a one-world government?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_bioethics.htm">What role did Egyptians play in biblical narratives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_backsliding.htm">What does the Bible say about backsliding?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_threaten_a_city_if_one_righteous_saves.htm">Why would God threaten a city in Jeremiah 5:1 if one righteous person could save it, unlike the mercy shown in Genesis 18?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) No imagery is used, as of unfaithful wife, recalcitrant heifer, or furnace-piling baker, but homely literal commonplace. The people were called by sufficient means to the highest worship, but they were bent on the lowest.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And my people are bent to backsliding from me.</span> This first clause of the verse is very expressive, every word almost having an emphasis of its own. With all their sinfulness and shortcomings, Israel was still the people of God - my <span class="accented">people</span>; they were guilty of the sin of backsliding, and of backsliding from God, the best of benefactors and their chief good. Nor was it occasionally and after long intervals of time that they backslided; it was their habit, their tendency. They were suspended on, or rather fastened on, backsliding. <span class="cmt_word">Though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him</span>; margin, <span class="accented">together they exalted him not</span>. This second clause signifies either <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> that the prophets called Israel from their idols to the Host High, yet none exalted him (literally, "together they did not or would not exalt him") by abandoning their idols and abstaining from backsliding; or, <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> "though they call him (Israel) upwards, yet not one of them all will lift himself up," that is, they together - one and all - refused or neglected to lift themselves upward towards God or goodness. The word <span class="hebrew">תלוּאיס</span> is equivalent to <span class="hebrew">תְלֻאִים</span>, the same as <span class="hebrew">תלוים</span>, from <span class="hebrew">תלא</span>, equivalent to <span class="hebrew">תָלָה</span>, so that it signifies, according to Keil, <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> "suspended," "hung up, hanging fast upon," "impaled on; ' Hengstenberg, . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/11-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">My people</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַמִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are bent</span><br /><span class="heb">תְלוּאִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·lū·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8511.htm">Strong's 8511: </a> </span><span class="str2">To suspend, to be uncertain, to habituate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on turning from Me.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(lim·šū·ḇā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4878.htm">Strong's 4878: </a> </span><span class="str2">Turning back, apostasy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Though they call</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·rā·’u·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Most High,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5920.htm">Strong's 5920: </a> </span><span class="str2">The top, the highest, aloft, to Jehovah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will by no means</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">exalt them.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוֹמֵם׃‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rō·w·mêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/11-7.htm">Hosea 11:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 11:7 My people are determined to turn (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/11-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 11:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 11:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/11-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 11:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 11:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>