Hosea 11:7

“And my people are bent to backsliding from me, etc.] There is a propensity in thorn to it, through prevailing corruption in them; they are inclined unto it, the bias of their minds is that way; they are bent upon it, and pertinaciously abide in it; nor will they be reclaimed from it, by all the means and methods made use of, even though they had been, and professed themselves to be the people of God. Some understand this, not of their backsliding and aversion from God; but either of his return to them, or of their return to him, rendering the words, “and my people are in suspense”f220; like a man that hangs in the air, as Aben Ezra, neither ascends nor descends; that is, they are in doubt of…”

“bent to backsliding--Not only do they backslide, and that too from ME, their "chief good," but they are bent upon it. Though they (the prophets) called them (the Israelites) to the Most High (from their idols), "none would exalt (that is, extol or honor) Him." To exalt God, they must cease to be "bent on backsliding," and must lift themselves upwards.”

“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. The political existence of Israel, as a separate kingdom, depended on his worship of the calves,…”

“They - The prophets. None at all - Scarce any one would hearken and obey. Hosea 11:8”

“are bent: Hos 4:16, Hos 14:4; Psa 78:57, Psa 78:58; Pro 14:14; Jer 3:6, Jer 3:8, Jer 3:11, Jer 8:5, Jer 14:7, they called me, Hos 11:2, Hos 7:16; Ch2 30:1-11; Psa 81:11; Amo 5:4-6, Amo 5:14, Amo 5:15 none at all would exalt him: Heb. together they exalted not Hosea 11:8”