Parallel Verses
Amplified
My people are bent on turning from Me;
Though the prophets call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.
New American Standard Bible
Though
None at all exalts Him.
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.
Holman Bible
Though they call to Him on high,
He will not exalt them at all.
International Standard Version
My people are determined to turn away from me; though they call to the Most High, no one is worshiping.
A Conservative Version
And my people are bent on backsliding from me. Though they call them to [him who is] on high, none at all will 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.
Darby Translation
Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth him.
Julia Smith Translation
And my people are bent to turning away from me: and they will call together to the Most High; he will not exalt them.
King James 2000
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all.
Modern King James verseion
And My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My people hath no lust to turn unto me, their prophets lay the yoke upon them, but they ease them not of their burden.
NET Bible
My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!
New Heart English Bible
My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won't exalt them.
The Emphasized Bible
But, my people, are bent towards turning from me, though upwards they call them, none of them can lift them.
Webster
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 11:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Will Have Compassion
6
The 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.
My people are bent on turning from Me;
Though the prophets call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.
How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like
My heart recoils within Me;
All My compassions are kindled together [for My nation of Israel].
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:5
“Why then has this people of Jerusalem
Turned away with a perpetual turning away [from Me]?
They hold tightly to
They refuse to repent and return [to God].
Hosea 11:2
The 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.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy and faithlessness;
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:1-11
Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and to Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Feast to the Lord God of Israel.
Psalm 78:57-58
They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].
Psalm 81:11
“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.
Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].
Jeremiah 3:6-8
Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute?
Jeremiah 3:11
And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself less guilty than treacherous Judah [a land of renegades].
Jeremiah 14:7
“O Lord, though our many sins testify against us” [prays Jeremiah],
“Act now [for us and] for Your name’s sake [so that the faithless may witness Your faithfulness]!
For our backslidings are countless;
We have sinned against You.
Hosea 4:16
For Israel is stubborn,
Like a stubborn heifer.
Can the Lord now pasture them
Like a lamb in a large field?
Hosea 7:16
They turn, but they do not turn upward to the Most High.
They are like a poorly crafted bow [that misses the mark];
Their princes shall fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be cause for their mockery and disdain in the land of Egypt.
Amos 5:4-6
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
Amos 5:14-15
Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live;
And so may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!