Hosea 7:15

And I instructed—I strengthened their arms, || And concerning Me they think evil!

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And have not cried to Me with their heart, but howl on their beds; They assemble themselves for grain and new wine, || They turn aside against Me.

16They turn back—not to the Most High, || They have been as a deceitful bow, || Their princes fall by sword, || From the insolence of their tongue, || This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!”

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Cross References

2 Kings 13:5and YHWH gives a savior to Israel, and they go out from under the hand of Aram, and the sons of Israel dwell in their tents as before;

2 Kings 14:25He has brought back the border of Israel, from the entering in of Hamath to the sea of the desert, according to the word of YHWH, God of Israel, that He spoke by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet, who [is] of Gath-Hepher,

Psalms 2:1Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?

Psalms 94:12O the blessedness of the man || Whom You instruct, O YAH, || And teach him out of Your law,

Proverbs 3:11Discipline of YHWH, my son, do not despise, || And do not be distressed with His reproof,

Hosea 13:9You have destroyed yourself, O Israel, || But in Me [is] your 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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