Hosea 7:15

I have chastened them; I have also strengthened their arms; Yet do they devise evil against me.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14They cry not to me from their heart, But howl upon their beds; For corn and wine they assemble themselves; They rebel against me.

16They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes shall fall by the sword for the haughtiness of their tongues; This shall be their reproach in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, And the nations meditate a vain thing?

Psalms 94:12Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;

Proverbs 3:11My son, despise not the correction of the LORD, Nor be impatient under his chastisement!

Hosea 13:9It hath been thy destruction, O Israel, That against me, against thy help, thou hast rebelled!

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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