Hosea 7:14
“And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.”
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.
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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Related Verses
“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.”
“Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.”
“And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.”
“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.”