Hosea 7:10

Ephraim's Guilt

⁹ Strangers devour his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
¹⁰ Though the pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet they have not returned to the Lord their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
¹¹ So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Pride of Israel

Return to the Lord

To the Lord

Turn to the Lord

Turned to the Lord

Israel

Jehovah

Isaiah 9:13

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

Hosea 5:5

Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 14:2

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

Psalm 53:2

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Jeremiah 3:3

“Therefore the showers have been withheld,
And there has been no spring rain.
Yet you had a harlot’s forehead;
You refused to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 8:5-6

“Why then has this people, Jerusalem,
Turned away in continual apostasy?
They hold fast to deceit,
They refuse to return.

Jeremiah 25:5-7

saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever;

Jeremiah 35:15-17

Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘Turn now every man from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to worship them. Then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord.
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

Hosea 7:7

All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
None of them calls on Me.

Amos 4:6-13

“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

Zechariah 1:4

“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or give heed to Me,” declares the Lord.

Romans 3:11

There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;