And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
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Gill's Exposition
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face,.... See Gill on Hos 5:5; notwithstanding their weak and declining state, they were proud and haughty; entertained a high conceit of themselves, and of…
Barnes' Notes
And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face - His pride convicted him. All the afflictions of God humbled him not; yea, they but brought out his pride, which “kept him from acknowledging and…
Adam Clarke
The pride of Israel - The same words as at Hos 5:6 (note), where see the note.
Having seen how vicious and corrupt the court was, we now come to enquire how it is with the country, and we find that to be no better; and no marvel if the distemper that has so seized the head…
Cambridge Bible
And the pride of Israel Repeated from Hos 5:5, just as Hos 12:9 ais repeated in Hos 13:4 a. It is not the prophet who speaks condemning a bad quality in his people, but Jehovah, Israel's true Pride,…
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