Hosea 7:15

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they devise mischief against me.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

In Context

14And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They rebel against me.

16They return, but not to [him] on high. They are like a deceitful bow. Their rulers shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 13:5(And LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians, and the sons of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.

2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things (LXX/NT)?

Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chasten, O LORD, and teach out of thy law,

Proverbs 3:11My son, despise not the chastening of LORD, nor be weary of his reproof.

Hosea 13:9It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou are] against me, against thy help.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:9-16

The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy. ( b. c. 750.) 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10 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. 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to… Read the whole commentary →

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