Hosea 7:10 · KJV
“And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.”
— Hosea 7:10
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth {it} not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. {here...: Heb. sprinkled}
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hosea 7 — Context
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth {it} not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. {here...: Heb. sprinkled}
10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
11Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Cross References
Hosea 5:5
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
Isaiah 9:13
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Amos 4:6-13
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Psalms 53:2
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were {any} that did understand, that did seek God.
Romans 3:11
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Jeremiah 35:15-17
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending {them}, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, {yet} will not his foolishness depart from him.
Hosea 7:7
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: {there is} none among them that calleth unto me.