“My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hosea 11 contains 12 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.