Hosea 7:15
And I desired to instruct and to strengthen their arms; yet would they devise evil against me.
Leeser Tanakh
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 deliverer, so that they came out from under the power of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as in times past.
2 Kings 14:25He restored the boundary of Israel from the entrance of Chamath unto the sea of the plain; in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he had spoken by means of his servant Jonah the son of Amitthai, the prophet, who was of Gathchepher.
Psalms 2:1Wherefore do nations rage, and people meditate a vain thing?
Psalms 94:12Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law:
Proverbs 3:11The correction of the Lord, my son, do not despise; and feel no loathing for his admonition;
Hosea 13:9Thou hast destroyed thyself, O Israel; for against me, against thy helper [didst thou rebel.]
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 →