Verse 7

And my people{H5971} are bent{H8511}{(H8803)} to backsliding{H4878} from me: though they called{H7121}{(H8799)} them to the most High{H5920}, none at all{H3162} would exalt{H7311}{(H8787)} him.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:5 : 5 Why then is this people{H5971} of Jerusalem{H3389} slidden back{H7725}{(H8790)} by a perpetual{H5329}{(H8737)} backsliding{H4878}? they hold{H2388}{(H8689)} fast deceit{H8649}, they refuse{H3985}{(H8765)} to return{H7725}{(H8800)}.
  • Ps 78:57-58 : 57 But turned back{H5472}{H8735)}, and dealt unfaithfully{H898}{H8799)} like their fathers{H1}: they were turned aside{H2015}{H8738)} like a deceitful{H7423} bow{H7198}. 58 For they provoked him to anger{H3707}{H8686)} with their high places{H1116}, and moved him to jealousy{H7065}{H8686)} with their graven images{H6456}.
  • Ps 81:11 : 11 But my people{H5971} would not hearken{H8085}{H8804)} to my voice{H6963}; and Israel{H3478} would{H14}{H8804)} none of me.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider{H5472}{(H8803)} in heart{H3820} shall be filled{H7646}{(H8799)} with his own ways{H1870}: and a good{H2896} man{H376} shall be satisfied from himself.
  • Hos 7:16 : 16 They return{H7725}{(H8799)}, but not to the most High{H5920}: they are like a deceitful{H7423} bow{H7198}: their princes{H8269} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} 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 As they called{H7121}{(H8804)} them, so they went{H1980}{(H8804)} from them{H6440}: they sacrificed{H2076}{(H8762)} unto Baalim{H1168}, and burned incense{H6999}{(H8762)} to graven images{H6456}.
  • Hos 14:4 : 4 I will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} their backsliding{H4878}, I will love{H157}{(H8799)} them freely{H5071}: for mine anger{H639} is turned away{H7725}{(H8804)} from him.
  • Amos 5:4-6 : 4 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} unto the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, Seek{H1875}{(H8798)} ye me, and ye shall live{H2421}{(H8798)}: 5 But seek{H1875}{(H8799)} not Bethel{H1008}, nor enter{H935}{(H8799)} into Gilgal{H1537}, and pass{H5674}{(H8799)} not to Beersheba{H884}: for Gilgal{H1537} shall surely{H1540}{(H8800)} go into captivity{H1540}{(H8799)}, and Bethel{H1008} shall come to nought{H205}. 6 Seek{H1875}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068}, and ye shall live{H2421}{(H8798)}; lest he break out{H6743}{(H8799)} like fire{H784} in the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130}, and devour{H398}{(H8804)} it, and there be none to quench{H3518}{(H8764)} it in Bethel{H1008}.
  • Amos 5:14-15 : 14 Seek{H1875}{(H8798)} good{H2896}, and not evil{H7451}, that ye may live{H2421}{(H8799)}: and so the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of hosts{H6635}, shall be with you, as ye have spoken{H559}{(H8804)}. 15 Hate{H8130}{(H8798)} the evil{H7451}, and love{H157}{(H8798)} the good{H2896}, and establish{H3322}{(H8685)} judgment{H4941} in the gate{H8179}: it may be that the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635} will be gracious{H2603}{(H8799)} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph{H3130}.
  • Jer 3:6-8 : 6 The LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} also unto me in the days{H3117} of Josiah{H2977} the king{H4428}, Hast thou seen{H7200}{(H8804)} that which backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath done{H6213}{(H8804)}? she is gone up{H1980}{(H8802)} upon every high{H1364} mountain{H2022} and under{H8478} every green{H7488} tree{H6086}, and there hath played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)}. 7 And I said{H559}{(H8799)} after{H310} she had done{H6213}{(H8800)} all these things, Turn{H7725}{(H8799)} thou unto me. But she returned{H7725}{(H8804)} not. And her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} it. 8 And I saw{H7200}{(H8799)}, when for all the causes{H182} whereby backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} committed adultery{H5003}{(H8765)} I had put her away{H7971}{(H8765)}, and given{H5414}{(H8799)} her a bill{H5612} of divorce{H3748}; yet her treacherous{H898}{(H8802)} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} feared{H3372}{(H8804)} not, but went{H3212}{(H8799)} and played the harlot{H2181}{(H8799)} also.
  • Jer 3:11 : 11 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, The backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath justified{H6663}{(H8765)} herself{H5315} more than treacherous{H898}{(H8802)} Judah{H3063}.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 O LORD{H3068}, though our iniquities{H5771} testify{H6030}{(H8804)} against us, do{H6213}{(H8798)} thou it for thy name's{H8034} sake: for our backslidings{H4878} are many{H7231}{(H8804)}; we have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee.
  • Hos 4:16 : 16 For Israel{H3478} slideth back{H5637}{(H8804)} as a backsliding{H5637}{(H8802)} heifer{H6510}: now the LORD{H3068} will feed{H7462}{(H8799)} them as a lamb{H3532} in a large place{H4800}.
  • 2 Chr 30:1-9 : 1 And Hezekiah{H3169} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to all Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}, and wrote{H3789}{(H8804)} letters{H107} also to Ephraim{H669} and Manasseh{H4519}, that they should come{H935}{(H8800)} to the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} at Jerusalem{H3389}, to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}. 2 For the king{H4428} had taken counsel{H3289}{(H8735)}, and his princes{H8269}, and all the congregation{H6951} in Jerusalem{H3389}, to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453} in the second{H8145} month{H2320}. 3 For they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not keep{H6213}{(H8800)} it at that time{H6256}, because the priests{H3548} had not sanctified{H6942}{(H8694)} themselves sufficiently{H4078}{(H8676)}{H1767}, neither had the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H622}{(H8738)} to Jerusalem{H3389}. 4 And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3474}{(H8799)}{H5869} the king{H4428} and all the congregation{H6951}. 5 So they established{H5975}{(H8686)} a decree{H1697} to make proclamation{H5674}{(H8687)}{H6963} throughout all Israel{H3478}, from Beersheba{H884} even to Dan{H1835}, that they should come{H935}{(H8800)} to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} at Jerusalem{H3389}: for they had not done{H6213}{(H8804)} it of a long{H7230} time in such sort as it was written{H3789}{(H8803)}. 6 So the posts{H7323}{(H8801)} went{H3212}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8800)}, Ye children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, turn again{H7725}{(H8798)} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Abraham{H85}, Isaac{H3327}, and Israel{H3478}, and he will return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the remnant{H7604}{(H8737)} of you, that are escaped{H6413} 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}, which trespassed{H4603}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, who therefore gave them up{H5414}{(H8799)} to desolation{H8047}, as ye see{H7200}{(H8802)}. 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked{H7185}{(H8686)}{H6203}, as your fathers{H1} were, but yield{H5414}{(H8798)} yourselves{H3027} unto the LORD{H3068}, and enter{H935}{(H8798)} into his sanctuary{H4720}, which he hath sanctified{H6942}{(H8689)} for ever{H5769}: and serve{H5647}{(H8798)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, that the fierceness{H2740} of his wrath{H639} may turn away{H7725}{(H8799)} from you. 9 For if ye turn again{H7725}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068}, your brethren{H251} and your children{H1121} shall find compassion{H7356} before{H6440} them that lead them captive{H7617}{(H8802)}, so that they shall come again{H7725}{(H8800)} into this land{H776}: for the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} is gracious{H2587} and merciful{H7349}, and will not turn away{H5493}{(H8686)} his face{H6440} from you, if ye return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto him. 10 So the posts{H7323}{(H8801)} passed{H5674}{(H8802)} 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}{(H8688)}, and mocked{H3932}{(H8688)} them. 11 Nevertheless divers{H582} of Asher{H836} and Manasseh{H4519} and of Zebulun{H2074} humbled{H3665}{(H8738)} themselves, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389}.