King James Version
Hosea 7:10 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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
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.
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
When 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.
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“testifieth”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“to his face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and they do not return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“to the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“their God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“nor seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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