Hosea 7:15

They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.

16They turned aside to that which is not, they became as a bent bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, by reason of the unbridled state of their tongue: this is their setting at nought in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 13:5And the Lord gave deliverance to Israel, and they escaped from under the hand of Syria: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as + 13:5 Gr. yesterday and to-day.heretofore.

2 Kings 14:25He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Æmath to the sea of + 14:25 i. e. the plain.Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by + 14:25 Gr. the hand of his servant.his servant Jonas the son of Amathi, the prophet of Gethchopher.

Psalms 2:1+ 2:1 Acts 4. 25. Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

Proverbs 3:11+ 3:11 Heb. 12. 5,6. My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

Hosea 13:9O Israel, who will aid thee in thy destruction?

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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