Hosea 7:13 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Woe and ruin fall on a people who have fled from God; though He once redeemed them, they speak lies against Him.
What Does Hosea 7:13 Mean?
The tone rises to lament. God cries woe over a people who have fled from Him and transgressed His covenant. The sharpest grief is in the contrast: He had redeemed them, drawing them out of bondage, yet they repay His deliverance with lies against the very One who saved them.
To flee the God who redeemed us is the deepest folly and the deepest wound. Yet the word redeemed shines even amid the woe, a reminder of a love that bought His people at cost. That same redeeming love reaches its fullness in Christ, who lays down His life even for those who have wandered far.
Hosea 7:13 in the Original Language
padah (פָּדָה), 'redeemed' -- to ransom or buy back, to free someone by paying a price.
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What does Hosea 7:13 mean?
Woe and ruin fall on a people who have fled from God; though He once redeemed them, they speak lies against Him.