Hosea 11:7
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Cross-references
Hosea 11:2 shows the same pattern: Israel went away when called — the very turning away of verse 7.
In Hosea 14:4, God promises to heal waywardness and love freely, directly contrasting the determined turning away here.
Hosea 7:16 describes Israel turning away from God like a treacherous bow — same apostasy theme.
In Hosea 4:16, Israel's stubbornness is pictured as a heifer, reinforcing the determined turning away here.
In Psalm 78:57, Israel's turning away is compared to a faulty bow, echoing the same unfaithfulness as here.
Psalm 81:11 states Israel would not listen — the same refusal to obey in Hosea.
Jeremiah 8:5 directly asks why Jerusalem persists in apostasy, mirroring Hosea's 'bent on turning away'.
Luke 13:34 parallels Matthew 23:37, expressing the same lament over Jerusalem's refusal, linking to Hosea's 'bent on turning away'.
Matthew 23:37 records Jesus lamenting Jerusalem's unwillingness to be gathered, directly echoing Hosea's theme of people refusing God.
Zephaniah 1:6 lists those who 'turned back' from the Lord and do not seek Him, a precise parallel to Hosea's description of apostasy.
Jeremiah 15:6 also depicts God weary of relenting as people turn away, reinforcing the theme of persistent rebellion and divine frustration.
Jeremiah 5:23 describes a stubborn, rebellious heart that has turned aside — nearly identical to Hosea's 'bent on turning away'.
Jeremiah 2:19 directly links apostasy to self-inflicted punishment — reinforcing Hosea's theme of turning away bringing consequences.
Isaiah 50:2 laments that God called and no one answered — mirroring the broken relationship where Hosea's people call but He won't lift them.
Jeremiah 3:8 describes God divorcing Israel for unfaithfulness — the same backsliding Hosea laments.
Isaiah 26:10 shows the wicked refusing to learn despite favor — parallel to Israel's persistent turning away in Hosea.
Jeremiah 14:7 confesses many backslidings, echoing the same persistent turning away in Hosea.
Jeremiah 31:22 uses 'wavering' to describe faithless Israel, echoing the turning away in Hosea, though the context shifts to restoration.
Amos 5:4-6 calls Israel to seek God and live — opposite of the turning away in Hosea.
In Proverbs 14:14, the faithless are repaid for their ways, reinforcing the consequences of turning from God here.
2 Chronicles 30:1-11 tells of a revival where some returned — contrasting the persistent turning away.