Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
Turning, But Not to God
All the commentators agree that Israel's repentance was superficial. They went through religious motions but never truly turned their hearts to God. As Albert Barnes notes, they changed "from one evil to another" but remained unchanged themselves. This is a powerful reminder that genuine repentance isn't just changing behavior, but reorienting our entire lives back to God Himself.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Hosea
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
5
Albert Barnes
On Hosea 7:16
18th Century
Theologian
They return, but not to the Most High - God exhorts through Jeremiah, If you will return, O Israel, says the Lord, return to Me ([R…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 7:16
19th Century
Bishop
Like a deceitful bow.— Religious observance has the appearance of a bow with the arrow on the string, apparently aimed at some obj…
John Calvin
On Hosea 7:16
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again assails the perverse wickedness of Israel, and also their fraud and faithlessness. Therefore, he says that they feigned some sort…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Gill
On Hosea 7:16
17th Century
Pastor
They return, [but] not to the most High
To Egypt, and not to Jerusalem, and the temple there, and the worship of it;…
Matthew Henry
On Hosea 7:8–16
17th Century
Minister
Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of Jehovah. There were…