Hosea 7:15

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

Young's Literal Translation

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 unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

16They turn back — not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, 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 Jehovah giveth to Israel a saviour, and they go out from under the hand of Aram, and the sons of Israel dwell in their tents as heretofore;

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

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

Psalms 94:12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

Proverbs 3:11Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

Hosea 13:9And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them.

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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