Verse 7
And my people{H5971} are bent{H8511} on backsliding{H4878} from me: though they call{H7121} them to [him that is] on high,{H5920} none at all{H3162} will exalt{H7311} [him].
Referenced Verses
- Jer 8:5 : 5 Why then is this people{H5971} of Jerusalem{H3389} slidden back{H7725} by a perpetual{H5329} backsliding?{H4878} they hold{H2388} fast deceit,{H8649} they refuse{H3985} to return.{H7725}
- Ps 78:57-58 : 57 But turned back,{H5472} and dealt treacherously{H898} like their fathers:{H1} They were turned aside{H2015} like a deceitful{H7423} bow.{H7198} 58 For they provoked him to anger{H3707} with their high places,{H1116} And moved him to jealousy{H7065} with their graven images.{H6456}
- Ps 81:11 : 11 But my people{H5971} hearkened{H8085} not to my voice;{H6963} And Israel{H3478} would{H14} none of me.
- Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider{H5472} in heart{H3820} shall be filled{H7646} with his own ways;{H1870} And a good{H2896} man{H376} [shall be satisfied] from himself.
- Hos 7:16 : 16 They return,{H7725} but not to [him that is] on high;{H5920} they are like a deceitful{H7423} bow;{H7198} their princes{H8269} shall fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} for the rage{H2195} of their tongue:{H3956} this{H2097} shall be their derision{H3933} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
- Hos 11:2 : 2 The more [the prophets] called{H7121} them, the more they went{H1980} from them:{H6440} they sacrificed{H2076} unto the Baalim,{H1168} and burned incense{H6999} to graven images.{H6456}
- Hos 14:4 : 4 I will heal{H7495} their backsliding,{H4878} I will love{H157} them freely;{H5071} for mine anger{H639} is turned away{H7725} from him.
- Amos 5:4-6 : 4 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} unto the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} Seek{H1875} ye me, and ye shall live;{H2421} 5 but seek{H1875} not Beth-el,{H1008} nor enter{H935} into Gilgal,{H1537} and pass{H5674} not to Beer-sheba:{H884} for Gilgal{H1537} shall surely{H1540} go into captivity,{H1540} and Beth-el{H1008} shall come to nought.{H205} 6 Seek{H1875} Jehovah,{H3068} and ye shall live;{H2421} lest he break out{H6743} like fire{H784} in the house{H1004} of Joseph,{H3130} and it devour,{H398} and there be none to quench{H3518} it in Beth-el.{H1008}
- Amos 5:14-15 : 14 Seek{H1875} good,{H2896} and not evil,{H7451} that ye may live;{H2421} and so Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} will be with you, as ye say.{H559} 15 Hate{H8130} the evil,{H7451} and love{H157} the good,{H2896} and establish{H3322} justice{H4941} in the gate:{H8179} it may be that Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} will be gracious{H2603} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph.{H3130}
- Jer 3:6-8 : 6 Moreover Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me in the days{H3117} of Josiah{H2977} the king,{H4428} Hast thou seen{H7200} that which backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath done?{H6213} she is gone up{H1980} upon every high{H1364} mountain{H2022} and under{H8478} every green{H7488} tree,{H6086} and there hath played the harlot.{H2181} 7 And I said{H559} after{H310} she had done{H6213} all these things, She will return{H7725} unto me; but she returned{H7725} not: and her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} saw{H7200} it. 8 And I saw,{H7200} when, for this very cause{H182} that backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} had committed adultery,{H5003} I had put her away{H7971} and given{H5414} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement,{H3748} yet treacherous{H898} Judah{H3063} her sister{H269} feared{H3372} not; but she also went{H3212} and played the harlot.{H2181}
- Jer 3:11 : 11 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath showed herself{H5315} more righteous{H6663} than treacherous{H898} Judah.{H3063}
- Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our iniquities{H5771} testify{H6030} against us, work{H6213} thou for thy name's{H8034} sake, O Jehovah;{H3068} for our backslidings{H4878} are many;{H7231} we have sinned{H2398} against thee.
- Hos 4:16 : 16 For Israel{H3478} hath behaved himself stubbornly,{H5637} like a stubborn{H5637} heifer:{H6510} now will Jehovah{H3068} feed{H7462} them as a lamb{H3532} in a large place.{H4800}
- 2 Chr 30:1-9 : 1 And Hezekiah{H3169} sent{H7971} to all Israel{H3478} and Judah,{H3063} and wrote{H3789} letters{H107} also to Ephraim{H669} and Manasseh,{H4519} that they should come{H935} to the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} at Jerusalem,{H3389} to keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478} 2 For the king{H4428} had taken counsel,{H3289} and his princes,{H8269} and all the assembly{H6951} in Jerusalem,{H3389} to keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} in the second{H8145} month.{H2320} 3 For they could{H3201} not keep{H6213} it at that time,{H6256} because the priests{H3548} had not sanctified{H6942} themselves in sufficient{H4078} number, neither had the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H622} to Jerusalem.{H3389} 4 And the thing{H1697} was right{H3474} in the eyes of the king{H4428} and of all the assembly.{H6951} 5 So they established{H5975} a decree{H1697} to make proclamation{H5674} throughout all Israel,{H3478} from Beer-sheba{H884} even to Dan,{H1835} that they should come{H935} to keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} at Jerusalem:{H3389} for they had not kept{H6213} it [ in great numbers]{H7230} [in such sort as it is written.]{H3789} 6 So the posts{H7323} went{H3212} with the letters{H107} from{H3027} the king{H4428} and his princes{H8269} throughout all Israel{H3478} and Judah,{H3063} and according to the commandment{H4687} of the king,{H4428} saying,{H559} Ye children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} turn again{H7725} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Abraham,{H85} Isaac,{H3327} and Israel,{H3478} that he may return{H7725} to the remnant{H7604} that are escaped{H6413} of you out of the hand{H3709} of the kings{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 7 And be not ye like your fathers,{H1} and like your brethren,{H251} who trespassed{H4603} against Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} so that he gave them up{H5414} to desolation,{H8047} as ye see.{H7200} 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked,{H7185} as your fathers{H1} were; but yield{H5414} yourselves{H3027} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and enter{H935} into his sanctuary,{H4720} which he hath sanctified{H6942} for ever,{H5769} and serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} that his fierce{H2740} anger{H639} may turn away{H7725} from you. 9 For if ye turn again{H7725} unto Jehovah,{H3068} your brethren{H251} and your children{H1121} shall find compassion{H7356} before{H6440} them that led them captive,{H7617} and shall come again{H7725} into this land:{H776} for Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} is gracious{H2587} and merciful,{H7349} and will not turn away{H5493} his face{H6440} from you, if ye return{H7725} unto him. 10 So the posts{H7323} passed{H5674} from city{H5892} to city{H5892} through the country{H776} of Ephraim{H669} and Manasseh,{H4519} even unto Zebulun:{H2074} but they laughed them to scorn,{H7832} and mocked{H3932} them. 11 Nevertheless certain{H582} men of Asher{H836} and Manasseh{H4519} and of Zebulun{H2074} humbled{H3665} themselves, and came{H935} to Jerusalem.{H3389}