Hosea 7:15

I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.

16They return, [but] not to the [Most] High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes 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 13:5And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.

2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the sea of the plain, according to the word of Jehovah the God of Israel, which he had spoken through his servant Jonah the prophet, the son of Amittai, who was of Gath-Hepher.

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;

Proverbs 3:11My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement;

Hosea 13:9It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] 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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