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Hosea 7:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 7:13

Verse 13 of 16

Scripture focus

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.

Hosea 7:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 7:13

Theological / Devotional

Woe unto them! The people had departed from God, their only source of salvation (see Ps. 3:8; 46:1; 91:1-3; Jonah 2:8, 9).

Redeemed them. Evidently a reference to the exodus from Egypt.

Spoken lies against me. Here the prophet does not accuse the people of telling lies against mere men (see v. 3), but, more gravely, of lying against, or concerning, the Lord. In such lies may be included a denial of God’s essential and sole deity, and also of His power or willingness either to protect or punish. Or the prophet may mean that these lies consist of a hypocritical drawing near to God with the lips while the heart is removed far from Him (see Isa. 29:13).

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