Hosea 7:15

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

16They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 13:5(The LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.

2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the LORD, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.

Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,

Proverbs 3:11My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;

Hosea 13:9You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.

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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