Hosea 7:15

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

Updated 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 heretofore.

2 Kings 14:25He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Hamath to the Sea of Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath-hepher.

Psalms 2:1Wherefore did the heathen rage, 1 And the nations imagine vain things? 1

Proverbs 3:11My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; 1 Nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 1

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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