Hosea 11:7

"The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans."

Key Reflection

In Hosea 11:7, the metaphor of the sword represents divine judgment that will devastate the Israelites' cities and shatter their defensive capabilities, symbolizing the irreparable destruction of their plans and schemes. This imagery underscores both the severity of God's wrath and His ultimate sovereignty over the nations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And My people are bent to backsliding from Me -Literally, “are hung to it!” as we say, “a man’s whole being “hangs” on a thing.” A thing “hung to” or “on” another, sways to and fro within certain limits, but its relation to that on which it is hung, remains immovable. Its power of motion is restrained within those limits. So Israel, so the sinner, however he veer to and fro in the details and circumstances of his sin, is fixed and immovable in his adherence to his sin itself. Whatever else Israel did, on one thing his whole being, as a nation, depended, on “backsliding” or aversion from God.

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