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Hosea 11:7

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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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  1. Jeremiah 8:5Rank 1 from verse 7
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    5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

  2. Amos 5:14–15Rank 2 from verse 7
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    14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, 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 the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

  3. Amos 5:4–6Rank 3 from verse 7
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    4¶ For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

    5But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

    6Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

  4. Hosea 11:2Rank 4 from verse 7
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    2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

  5. Hosea 14:4Rank 5 from verse 7
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    4¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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Hosea 11:7

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bent

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Sense 1: Curved, bowed, or drawn. Sense 2: Firmly inclined or purposed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

backsliding

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Turning back from a former course of faithfulness into sin or unfaithfulness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

most High

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A title of God as the supreme ruler, who rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

exalt

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To raise, lift up, set on high, promote, honour, magnify, or praise; of oneself, to seek or assume a high place, power, or estimation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

7And 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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8How 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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