Hosea 7:13
"Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Woe unto them, for they have fled from me,.... From the Lord, from his worship, and the place of it; from obedience to him, and the service of him; as birds fly from their nests, and leave their young, and wander about; so they had deserted the temple at Jerusalem, and forsaken the service of the sanctuary, and set up calves at Dan and Bethel, and worshipped them; and, instead of fleeing to God for help in

time of distress, fled further off still, even out of their own land to Egypt or Assyria: the consequence of which was, nothing but ruin; and so lamentation and woes: destruction unto them, because they have transgressed against me; against the laws which God gave them; setting up idols, and worshipping them, and so broke the first table of the law; committing murder, adultery, thefts and robberies, with which they are charged the preceding part of this chapter, and so transgressed the second table of the law; and by all brought destruction upon themselves, which was near at hand, and would certainly come, as here threatened; though they promised themselves peace, and expected assistance from neighbouring nations, but in vain, having made the Lord their enemy, by breaking his laws: though I have redeemed them; out of Egypt formerly, and out of the hands of the Moabites, Ammonites, Philistines, and others, in the times of the judges; and more lately in the times of Joash and Jeroboam the second, who recovered many cities out of the hands of the Syrians. Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi, interpret this of the good disposition of God towards them, having it in his heart to redeem them now from their present afflictions and distresses, but that they were so impious and wicked, and so unfaithful to him: yet they have spoken lies against me; against his being and providence, being atheistically inclined; or pretending repentance for their sins, when they were hypocrites, and returned to their former courses; or setting up idols in opposition to him, which were vanity to him; attributing all their good things to them, and charging him with all their evils. Abendana reads the words interrogatively, "should I redeem them, when they have spoken lies against me?" (t) no, I will not. (t) "et ego redimerem eos?" so some in Rivet.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (13 words)

H0188 אוֹי
Definition:

usually with dativeאוֺי לִיIsaiah 6:5woeto me! for I am undone, soIsaiah 24:16;Jeremiah 10:19;Jeremiah 15:10;אוֺי לָנוּwoeto us!1 Samuel 4:7,8;Jeremiah 4:13;Jeremiah 6:4;אוֺינָֿא לִיJeremiah 4:31;Jere usually with dativeאוֺי לִיIsaiah 6:5woeto me! for I am undone, soIsaiah 24:16;Jeremiah 10:19;Jeremiah 15:10;אוֺי לָנוּwoeto us!1 Samuel 4:7,8;Jeremiah 4:13;Jeremiah 6:4;אוֺינָֿא לִיJeremiah 4:31;Jere

Possible Meanings:
  • woe! (semantic_range)
H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H5074 נָדַד
Definition:

31;Esther 6:1; 3pluralנָָֽדְדוּHosea 7:134t.,נָדָ֑דוּIsaiah 21:15;Jeremiah 4:25;ImperfectיִדּוֺדNahum 3:7; 3feminine singularוַתִּדֹּדGenesis 31:40; 3masculine pluralיִדֹּדוּןPsalm 68:13(twice in vers 31;Esther 6:1; 3pluralנָָֽדְדוּHosea 7:134t.,נָדָ֑דוּIsaiah 21:15;Jeremiah 4:25;ImperfectיִדּוֺדNahum 3:7; 3feminine singularוַתִּדֹּדGenesis 31:40; 3masculine pluralיִדֹּדוּןPsalm 68:13(twice in vers

Possible Meanings:
  • flee (semantic_range)
H4480 מִן
Definition:

2; 2Chronicles 20:11) contracted toמִי(asמִידֵיfromמִיְּדֵי), before guttural andר, mostlyמֵ, occasionallyמִ(Ges§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff),מִןbefore article in all books much commoner than - 2; 2Chronicles 20:11) contracted toמִי(asמִידֵיfromמִיְּדֵי), before guttural andר, mostlyמֵ, occasionallyמִ(Ges§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff),מִןbefore article in all books much commoner than -

Possible Meanings:
  • out of (semantic_range)
  • by (semantic_range)
  • by reason of (semantic_range)
  • at (semantic_range)
H7701 שֹׁד
Definition:

13+; constructIsaiah 22:4+; —1violence, havoc, as social sin:חָמָסוָשֹׁדAmos 3:10;Jeremiah 6:7;Jeremiah 20:5;Ezekiel 45:2,׳וְח׳שׁHabakkuk 1:3,כָּזָב׳וָשׁHosea 12:2(1.וָשָׁוְא,ᵐ5We Marti a.),וָשֶׁבֶר׳ש 13+; constructIsaiah 22:4+; —1violence, havoc, as social sin:חָמָסוָשֹׁדAmos 3:10;Jeremiah 6:7;Jeremiah 20:5;Ezekiel 45:2,׳וְח׳שׁHabakkuk 1:3,כָּזָב׳וָשׁHosea 12:2(1.וָשָׁוְא,ᵐ5We Marti a.),וָשֶׁבֶר׳ש

Possible Meanings:
  • breast (semantic_range)
H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H6586 פָשַׁע
Definition:

7+, 2 feminine singularמָּשַׁ֫עַתְּZephaniah 3:11;מָּשָׁ֑עתְּJeremiah 3:13, etc.;ImperfectיִפְשַׁעProverbs 28:21+ 8 t. ImperfectImperative; masculine pluralמִּשְׁעוּAmos 4:4;Infinitive absolute?מָּשֹׁ 7+, 2 feminine singularמָּשַׁ֫עַתְּZephaniah 3:11;מָּשָׁ֑עתְּJeremiah 3:13, etc.;ImperfectיִפְשַׁעProverbs 28:21+ 8 t. ImperfectImperative; masculine pluralמִּשְׁעוּAmos 4:4;Infinitive absolute?מָּשֹׁ

Possible Meanings:
  • transgression (semantic_range)
H0595 אָנֹכִי
Definition:

9אָֽנֹכִ֑יpronoun 1 singular commonI;Genesis 3:10;Genesis 7:4;Genesis 15:1,2;Genesis 16:5#NAME?הֲהֶאָנֹכִיNumbers 11:12;Job 21:4. (Assyriananâku, Phoenician & Moabiteאנך: not in Arabic, Aramaic, Ethio 9אָֽנֹכִ֑יpronoun 1 singular commonI;Genesis 3:10;Genesis 7:4;Genesis 15:1,2;Genesis 16:5#NAME?הֲהֶאָנֹכִיNumbers 11:12;Job 21:4. (Assyriananâku, Phoenician & Moabiteאנך: not in Arabic, Aramaic, Ethio

H6299 פָדָה
Definition:

27+; suffixמָּֽדְךָJob 5:20; 2masculine singularמָּדִיתָDeuteronomy 9:26+, etc.;ImperfectיִפְדֶּהPsalm 49:8+, etc.;ImperativeמְּדֵהPsalm 25:22; suffixמְּדֵנִיPsalm 26:113t.;Infinitive absoluteמָּדֹהNu 27+; suffixמָּֽדְךָJob 5:20; 2masculine singularמָּדִיתָDeuteronomy 9:26+, etc.;ImperfectיִפְדֶּהPsalm 49:8+, etc.;ImperativeמְּדֵהPsalm 25:22; suffixמְּדֵנִיPsalm 26:113t.;Infinitive absoluteמָּדֹהNu

Possible Meanings:
  • ransom (semantic_range)
  • ransom (semantic_range)
  • she hath not been at all ransomed (semantic_range)
  • he shall let her be ransomed (semantic_range)
H1992 הֵם
Definition:

Or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural fromhalak; they (only used when emphatic) -- it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, t Or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural fromhalak; they (only used when emphatic) -- it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, t

Possible Meanings:
  • of their moaning (semantic_range)
  • wailing (semantic_range)
  • wealth (semantic_range)
H1696 דָבַר
Definition:

— (1) Arabicdepart, perish, IV.retreat, figurativeretrograde, decline;passing away, death; Assyriandabâru, Pi`eldrive away, BezOrient. Diplom, Vocab.,Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt. in KAT2. 500,דֶּבֶרpestile — (1) Arabicdepart, perish, IV.retreat, figurativeretrograde, decline;passing away, death; Assyriandabâru, Pi`eldrive away, BezOrient. Diplom, Vocab.,Dibbara, pest-god, Hpt. in KAT2. 500,דֶּבֶרpestile

Possible Meanings:
  • speaking (semantic_range)
H5921 עַל
Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H3577 כָּזָב
Definition:

4lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute׳כHosea 12:219t.; plural absoluteכְּזָבִיםJudges 16:109t.; suffixכִּזְבֵיהֶםAmos 2:4; —lie, falsehood, withדִּבֶּרJudges 16:10,13;Hosea 7:13;Zephaniah 3:13; 4lie, falsehood, deceptive thing; — absolute׳כHosea 12:219t.; plural absoluteכְּזָבִיםJudges 16:109t.; suffixכִּזְבֵיהֶםAmos 2:4; —lie, falsehood, withדִּבֶּרJudges 16:10,13;Hosea 7:13;Zephaniah 3:13;

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