Hosea 7:15
Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 13:5(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they became free from the hands of the Aramaeans; and the children of Israel were living in their tents as in the past.
2 Kings 14:25He got back the old limits of Israel from the way into Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, as the Lord had said by his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath-hepher.
Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Proverbs 3:11My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:
Hosea 13:9I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?
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 →