Hosea 7:13

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel during a period of impending judgment, speaking immediately after describing His net to catch them like birds and immediately before detailing their insincere wailing.

The words — אֹי ('o) translates literally to "woe!" and נָדְדוּ (na.de.Du) means "they have fled" or "strayed." These terms anchor the declaration of judgment on their deliberate departure from God.

The thread — The declaration of woe for rebellion recurs in Hosea 9:12 and Lamentations 5:16, while the motif of speaking lies against God connects to Hosea 11:12.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine rescue is actively met with human deceit, requiring honest repentance rather than performative ritual.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

א֤וֹי'owoe!לָהֶם֙la./Hemto/ themכִּֽי־ki-for נָדְד֣וּna.de.Duthey have fled מִמֶּ֔נִּיmi.Me./nifrom/ me שֹׁ֥דshoddevastationלָהֶ֖םla./Hem[belongs] to/ themכִּֽי־ki-for פָ֣שְׁעוּFa.she.'uthey have transgressedבִ֑יV/iagainst/ meוְאָנֹכִ֣יve./'a.no.Khiand/ I אֶפְדֵּ֔ם'ef.De/mI will redeem/ them וְהֵ֕מָּהve./He.mahand/ they דִּבְּר֥וּdi.be.Ruthey have spoken עָלַ֖י'a.La/ion/ me כְּזָבִֽים׃ke.za.Vimlies

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Hosea 9:12 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
Lamentations 5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Hosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
Matthew 23:13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Deuteronomy 15:15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
Nehemiah 1:10 They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
Job 21:14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Job 22:17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Psalms 106:10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy