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Read Full Chapter (Hosea 11) Hosea 11:7 KJV
"And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him."
Hosea 11:7 in Context (Verses 4–10 KJV)
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I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.*
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¶ He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
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And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
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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.*
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How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
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I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
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They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.