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Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak about me falsely. <a href="/nlt/hosea/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> “What sorrow awaits those who have deserted me! Let them die, for they have rebelled against me. I wanted to redeem them, but they have told lies about me. <a href="/esv/hosea/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me. <a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me. <a href="/kjv/hosea/7.htm">King James Bible</a> Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/7.htm">New King James Version</a> “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me. <a href="/nasb/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me. <a href="/lsb/hosea/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have transgressed against Me! And I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me. <a href="/amp/hosea/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Woe (judgment is coming) to them, for they have wandered away from Me! Devastation is theirs, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me. <a href="/csb/hosea/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Woe to them, for they fled from me; destruction to them, for they rebelled against me! Though I want to redeem them, they speak lies against me. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Woe to them, for they fled from Me; destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me! Though I want to redeem them, they speak lies against Me. <a href="/asv/hosea/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/cev/hosea/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Trouble and destruction will be their reward for rejecting me. I would have rescued them, but they told me lies. <a href="/erv/hosea/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/gwt/hosea/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "How horrible it will be for these people. They have run away from me. They must be destroyed because they've rebelled against me. I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me. <a href="/gnt/hosea/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> "They are doomed! They have left me and rebelled against me. They will be destroyed. I wanted to save them, but their worship of me was false. <a href="/isv/hosea/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> Woe to them— because they have run away from me. Ruin to them— because they have sinned against me. Even though I redeemed them, they spread lies against me. <a href="/msb/hosea/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me. <a href="/net/hosea/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me. <a href="/nheb/hosea/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Woe to them. For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them. For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/wbt/hosea/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/web/hosea/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Woe to them, for they wandered from Me, "" Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, "" And I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me, <a href="/ylt/hosea/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Woe to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I -- I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me, <a href="/slt/hosea/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Wo! to them, for they fled from me: destruction to them because they transgressed against me: and I will redeem them and they spake falsehoods against me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Woe to them, for they have departed from me: they shall be wasted because they have transgressed against me: and I redeemed them : and they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Woe to them, for they have withdrawn from me. They will waste away because they have been dishonest with me. And I redeemed them, and they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/nabre/hosea/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Ruin to them, for they have rebelled against me! Though I wished to redeem them, they spoke lies against me. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Woe to them! for they have fled from me; I will bring misfortune upon them because they have transgressed against me; though I have saved them, yet they have spoken lies against me. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Woe to them who have turned away from me! I shall bring evil upon them because they have done evil to me, for I have redeemed them and they have spoken falsehood against me<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Woe unto them! for they have strayed from Me; Destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against Me; Shall I then redeem them, Seeing they have spoken lies against Me? <a href="/sep/hosea/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me. <a href="/parallel/hosea/7-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1071" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Ephraim's Iniquity</a> …12As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together. 13<a href="/hebrew/188.htm" title="188: ’ō·w (Interjection) -- Woe! Probably from 'avah; lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!">Woe</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/5074.htm" title="5074: nā·ḏə·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro; figuratively, to rove, flee, or to drive away.">they have strayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from Me!</a> <a href="/hebrew/7701.htm" title="7701: šōḏ (N-ms) -- Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin. Or showd; from shuwd; violence, ravage.">Destruction</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: p̄ā·šə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">they have rebelled</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">against Me!</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: wə·’ā·nō·ḵî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">Though I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6299.htm" title="6299: ’ep̄·dêm (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To ransom. A primitive root; to sever, i.e. Ransom; gener. To release, preserve.">would redeem them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm·māh (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bə·rū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">they speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/3577.htm" title="3577: kə·zā·ḇîm (N-mp) -- A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing. From kazab; falsehood; literally or figuratively.">lies</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against Me.</a> 14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a> Your 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. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Ezekiel 6:9</a> Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations. <a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23-24</a> But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away. / They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ <a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm">Isaiah 31:6</a> Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel. <a href="/ezekiel/18-31.htm">Ezekiel 18:31</a> Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? <a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Jeremiah 3:22</a> “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God. <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1</a> “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. <a href="/ezekiel/14-5.htm">Ezekiel 14:5</a> so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’ <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Jeremiah 4:1</a> “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver, <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> 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! <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> 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! <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">2 Peter 2:15</a> They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a> See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.Woe.<a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12</a> Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!<a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a> Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!<a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Lamentations 5:16</a> The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!fled.<a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Hosea 11:2</a> As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.<a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14,15</a> Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways… <a href="/job/22-17.htm">Job 22:17</a> Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?destruction.<a href="/deuteronomy/15-15.htm">Deuteronomy 15:15</a> And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.<a href="/nehemiah/1-10.htm">Nehemiah 1:10</a> Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.<a href="/psalms/106-10.htm">Psalm 106:10</a> And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.spoken.<a href="/hosea/7-3.htm">Hosea 7:3</a> They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.<a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Hosea 11:12</a> Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.<a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm">Isaiah 59:13</a> In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/5-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">False.</a> <a href="/daniel/11-10.htm">Far</a> <a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/hosea/7-3.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-11.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/daniel/9-9.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-11.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-58.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-14.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Strayed</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/daniel/9-7.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-9.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/hosea/6-5.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">False.</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Far</a> <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/hosea/11-3.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/micah/6-4.htm">Redeemed</a> <a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">Saviour</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-15.htm">Strayed</a> <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/amos/4-8.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 7</div>1. <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">A reproof of manifold sins.</a> 11. <a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.</a> </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 term "woe" is a prophetic declaration of impending judgment and sorrow. In the context of Hosea, it reflects God's deep lament over Israel's spiritual adultery. The Israelites have "strayed" from God, indicating a deliberate departure from His covenant and commandments. This straying is akin to the actions of a wayward spouse, which is a recurring theme in Hosea, symbolizing Israel's unfaithfulness. The historical context shows that Israel was engaging in idolatry and forming alliances with foreign nations, contrary to God's instructions. This phrase echoes the warnings found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on Israel's obedience or disobedience.Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! The word "destruction" signifies the severe consequences of Israel's rebellion. Rebellion here is not just a passive drifting away but an active defiance against God's authority and commands. This rebellion is seen in their worship of Baal and other Canaanite deities, which was prevalent during the time of Hosea. The historical context includes the political instability and moral decay in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, leading to its eventual downfall. This phrase is reminiscent of the warnings given by other prophets, such as Isaiah and Jeremiah, who also spoke of the consequences of turning away from God.Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me. God's desire to "redeem" reflects His enduring love and willingness to restore Israel despite their unfaithfulness. Redemption in the biblical sense involves deliverance from sin and its consequences, pointing to the ultimate redemption through Jesus Christ. However, Israel's response is to "speak lies," indicating deceit and falsehood in their relationship with God. This could refer to their insincere worship and false promises of repentance. The cultural context includes the influence of false prophets who led the people astray. This phrase highlights the tension between God's mercy and justice, a theme that runs throughout the prophetic books. The concept of redemption is further developed in the New Testament, where Christ's sacrifice is the ultimate act of redemption for humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which had turned away from God and engaged in idolatry and political alliances contrary to God's will. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The central figure who expresses His sorrow and anger over Israel's rebellion, yet also His desire to redeem them. 4. <a href="/topical/r/rebellion.htm">Rebellion</a> The act of Israel turning away from God, engaging in idolatry, and forming alliances with foreign nations. 5. <a href="/topical/r/redemption.htm">Redemption</a> God's longing to restore and save His people despite their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_rebellion.htm">The Consequences of Rebellion</a> Rebellion against God leads to destruction. Just as Israel faced consequences for their actions, we too must be aware of the spiritual and practical repercussions of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_heart_for_redemption.htm">God’s Heart for Redemption</a> Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God longs to redeem them. This reflects His unchanging nature and His desire to restore us, no matter how far we have strayed. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_deception.htm">The Danger of Deception</a> Speaking lies against God, as Israel did, can lead us further from the truth. We must guard our hearts and minds against deception and remain rooted in God’s Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_return.htm">The Call to Return</a> God’s lament over Israel is a call to repentance. We are invited to return to God, acknowledging our sins and seeking His forgiveness and restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a> Israel’s account is a reminder of the importance of remaining faithful to God. Our relationship with Him should be marked by loyalty and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 7</a> <a href="/q/why_wouldn't_an_omnipotent_god_stop_rebellion.htm">Hosea 7:13 warns of coming judgment from an all-powerful God—why wouldn’t a truly omnipotent deity prevent the very rebellion and apostasy that trigger this judgment?</a> <a href="/q/does_hosea_12_8_contradict_israel's_exile.htm">Hosea 12:8: Does Israel's claim of innocence here contradict passages in which Israel is already punished or exiled?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_hosea_13_14_promise_deliverance.htm">Hosea 13:14: Why does this verse promise deliverance from death when the broader context seems focused on judgment and destruction, potentially creating a theological conflict?</a> <a href="/q/can_records_verify_samaria's_destruction.htm">Hosea 13:16: Can any historical or archaeological records verify the severe destruction described for Samaria, or does the text exaggerate events to make a theological point?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) Fled.--The word thus translated is used of the wandering flight of birds, and arises naturally out of the images employed in <a href="/context/hosea/7-11.htm" title="Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.">Hosea 7:11-12</a>.(13) Though I have redeemed.--Should be, Though I would fain redeem them: an impressive picture of all the insults to longsuffering Divine love.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction (margin, spoil) unto them! because they have transgressed against me. Of these exclamations, the first is general and indefinite, the second is specific and precise. The thought of coming chastisement calls forth the exclamation of woe; while the second exclamation fixes the character and explains the nature of that woe denounced. In neither case does יְהִי or ךיבֹא need to be supplied; the opposite expression is שָׁלום לָהֶם or בְּלָכָה לָהָם In assigning the reason, there is a retrospective reference to the figures of the two immediately preceding verses. The word נָדַד with rain is employed in relation to birds which, when scared from their nest, fly away. Kimchi thinks it applies to the abstention or withdrawal of the Israelites from Divine service in the national sanctuary in Jerusalem. His comment is: "They fly from me, from the service of the house of my sanctuary, to the service of the calves; and this is a breach of faith and defection from me." The LXX. translate the beginning of the second clause freely by δειλαῖοι εἰσὶν, equivalent to "they are cowards;" and Jerome by "miseri (maticulose) erunt, et semper timentis ac formidantes." The cause assigned is their breaking covenant with God, which is expressed by פָשַׁע, literally, "to break away from," "tear one's self loose from." Though I have redeemed them. This first part of the last clause is rendered (1) as a past by some, as Jerome, who refers it to the redemption from Egypt; thus also the Chaldee: "And I was their Deliverer." Rosenmüller approves of this, but, instead of restricting it to the deliverance from Egypt, includes their recent deliverance from the Syrians by Jeroboam II. It is (2) better rendered in a voluntative or optative sense: "I would (should like) to redeem them, but they speak lies against (or, concerning) me." The verb 'ephdem cannot with any propriety be taken for a preterit. Yet they have spoken lies against me; rather, but they on their part have spoken lies concerning me. The prophet had already charged them with lying at ver. 3, and previously at <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Hosea 4:2</a>; but their lies were not confined to their intercourse or dealings with their fellow-men; they spoke lies against or, as the preposition sometimes signifies, concerning God. The lies in question included, no doubt, a denial of his essential Deity or sole Divinity; of his power or willingness either to protect or punish. Or they might consist in their falsehood in drawing near to God with their lips without either true faith or real affection in their hearts; some were directly opposed to the claims of Jehovah, some insincere in his service, and others turned aside to the idolatry of the calves - all, with probably some honorable exceptions, had proved false to his covenant with Israel. The last clause has been taken (3) independently by Ewald, without any considerable alteration of the sense: "I, for my part, would redeem them, but they, on their side, speak lies against me." Other acceptations, . . . <a href="/commentaries/hosea/7-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Woe א֤וֹי (’ō·w) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_188.htm">Strong's 188: </a> Lamentation, Oh! to them, לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they have strayed נָדְד֣וּ (nā·ḏə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5074.htm">Strong's 5074: </a> To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away from Me! מִמֶּ֔נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of Destruction שֹׁ֥ד (šōḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7701.htm">Strong's 7701: </a> Violence, havoc, devastation, ruin to them, לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they have rebelled פָ֣שְׁעוּ (p̄ā·šə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel against Me! בִ֑י (ḇî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> Though I וְאָנֹכִ֣י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I would redeem them, אֶפְדֵּ֔ם (’ep̄·dêm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6299.htm">Strong's 6299: </a> To sever, ransom, gener, to release, preserve they speak דִּבְּר֥וּ (dib·bə·rū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue lies כְּזָבִֽים׃ (kə·zā·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3577.htm">Strong's 3577: </a> A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing against Me. עָלַ֖י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 7:13 Woe to them! 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