Hosea 7:15

When, I, had warned them, I strengthened their arm,—yet, against me, kept they on devising wickedness.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Neither made they outcry unto me, in their heart, although they kept on howling upon their beds, over corn and new wine, they gathered themselves together, they rebelled against me.

16They would return—not to him who is on high! They have become like a deceitful bow, their rulers, shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue, this, [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Kings 13:5So Yahweh gave unto Israel a saviour, and they went forth from under the hand of Syria,—and the sons of Israel dwelt in their own homes, as aforetime.

2 Kings 14:25He, restored the boundary of Israel, from the entering in of Hamath, unto the sea of the waste plain,—according to the word of Yahweh, God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

Psalms 2:1Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

Psalms 94:12How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest!

Proverbs 3:11The, chastening of Yahweh, my son, do not reject, nor loathe his rebuke;

Hosea 13:9It hath utterly destroyed thee, O Israel, for it was against me, as thy 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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