Hosea 7:13 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
11Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13Woe 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.
14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Romans 3:23
Both verses address the reality of sin and the need for redemption.
Isaiah 53:5
Isaiah's prophecy of redemption through suffering connects to the theme of Hosea.
Matthew 23:37
Jesus laments over Jerusalem, paralleling the woe expressed in Hosea.
Source: Hosea 7:13