Hosea 7:10
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto Jehovah their God, nor sought him, for all this.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven't returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto the LORD their God, nor sought him, for all this.
Clarke's Hosea 7:10 Bible Commentary
The pride of Israel - The same words as at Hosea 5:6 (note), where see the note.
Barnes's Hosea 7:10 Bible Commentary
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face - His pride convicted him. All the afflictions of God humbled him not; yea, they but brought out his pride, which "kept him from acknowledging and repenting of the sins which had brought those evils upon him, and from "turning to God and seeking to Him" for remedy" . People complain of their "fortune" or "fate" or "stars," and go on the more obstinately, to build up what God destroys, to prop up by human means or human aid what, by God's providence, is failing; they venture more desperately, in order to recover past losses, until the crash at last becomes hopeless and final.
Nor seek Him for all this - God had exhausted all the treasures of His severity, as, before, of His love. He Himself marvels at His incorrigible and contumacious servant, as He says in Isaiah, "Why should ye be stricken anymore? Ye will revolt more and more" Isaiah 1:5. How is this? It follows, because they have "no heart."
