Bible Strands
Hosea 9:17
My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Ephraim and Israel in a prophetic declaration of impending judgment, following the announcement that their spiritual root is withered and their children will be slain.
The words — יִמְאָסֵם (yim'a.sēm) translates literally as "he will reject them," while נֹדְדִים (no.dədîm) means "wanderers" or "displaced ones."
The thread — The displacement among nations echoes Deuteronomy 28:64, while the cause of rejection aligns with Hosea 7:13's charge of rebellion and Isaiah 48:18's condition of obedience.
Why it lands — The text states that disobedience triggers divine rejection and forced displacement, demanding recognition that covenant failure produces irreversible exile rather than mere temporary correction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- 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.
- Isaiah 48:18 If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
- Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Zechariah 1:4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Acts 3:23 Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
- Jeremiah 26:4 And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
- Jeremiah 35:15 Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
- Hosea 4:10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves