Hosea 7:15
And I have educated them, and I have reinforced their arms; and they have imagined evil against me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 13:5And the Lord gave a savior to Israel. And they were freed from the hand of the king of Syria. And the sons of Israel lived in their tabernacles, just as yesterday and the day before.
2 Kings 14:25He restored the borders of Israel, from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Wilderness, in accord with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke through his servant, the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, who was from Gath, which is in Hepher.
Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
Proverbs 3:11My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him.
Hosea 13:9Perdition is yours, Israel. Your help is only in me.
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 →