King James Version
Hosea 9:17 in the King James Version says “My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.”
Hosea 9:17 · KJV
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. the: Heb. the desires
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My 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
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“because they did not hearken”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“unto him and they shall be wanderers”
H5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
“among the nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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