Hosea 7:10

10 Israel's pride testifies against him; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, or seek him, for all this.

Hosea 7:10 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 7:10

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face
(See Gill on Hosea 5:5); notwithstanding their weak and declining state, they were proud and haughty; entertained a high conceit of themselves, and of their good and safe condition; and behaved insolently towards God, and were not humbled before him for their sins. Their pride was notorious, which they themselves could not deny; they were self-convicted, and self-condemned: and they do not return to the Lord their God;
by acknowledgment of their sins, repentance for them, and reformation from them; and by attendance on his worship, from which they had revolted; so the Targum,

``they return not to the worship of the Lord their God:''

nor seek him for all this;
though they are in this wasting, declining, condition, and just upon the brink of ruin, yet they seek not the face and favour of the Lord; they do not ask help of him, or implore his mercy; and though they have been so long in these circumstances, and have been gradually consuming for many years, yet in all this time they have made no application to the Lord, that he would be favourable, and raise their sinking state, and restore them to their former glory.

Hosea 7:10 In-Context

8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9 Foreigners devour his strength, but he does not know it; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, but he does not know it.

10 Israel's pride testifies against him; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, or seek him, for all this.

11 Ephraim has become like a dove, silly and without sense; they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.

12 As they go, I will cast my net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will discipline them according to the report made to their assembly.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [humbles]