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Hosea 11:7

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And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

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  1. Hosea 11:5

    He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

  2. Hosea 11:6

    And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

  3. Hosea 11:8

    How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  4. Hosea 11:9

    I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.