New English Translation
Hosea 7:15
15Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me!
Hosea 7:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
- New International Version (NIV)I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me;
Context of Hosea 7:15
13Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me. 14They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me. Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me! 16They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
Read all of Hosea 7Hosea 7:15 word by word
וַאֲנִ֣י יִסַּ֔רְתִּי חִזַּ֖קְתִּי זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑ם וְאֵלַ֖י יְחַשְּׁבוּ־רָֽע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 7:15
- 2 Kings 13:5The Lord provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.
- 2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel announced through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.
- Psalms 106:43Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.
- Job 5:17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Psalms 94:12How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,
- Proverbs 3:11My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke.
- Hebrews 12:5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.
- Revelation 3:19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
- Psalms 62:3How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.
- Jeremiah 17:9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
- Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.
- Acts 4:25who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
Commentaries on Hosea 7:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms - Whether I dealt with them in judgment or mercy, it was all one; in all circumstances they rebelled against me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Though I have bound - Rather, (as in the E. M) “And I have chastened, I have strenghened their arms, and they imagine mischief against Me.” God had tried all ways with them, but it was all one. He chastened them in love, and in love He strengthened them; He brought the enemy upon them, (as aforetime in the days of the Judges,) and He gave them strength to repel the enemy; as He raised up judges of old, and lately had fulfilled His promise which He had…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of Jehovah. There were tokens of approaching ruin, as grey hairs are of old age, but they noticed them not. The pride which leads to break the law of God leads to self-flattery. The mercy and grace of God are the only refuge to which obstinate sinners never think of fleeing. Though they may howl forth their terrors in…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. I ... bound--when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with various disasters, I bound them so as to strengthen their sinews; image from surgery [Calvin]. Maurer translates, "I instructed them" to war (Psa 18:34; 144:1), namely, under Jeroboam II (2Ki 14:25). Grotius explains, "Whether I chastised them (Margin) or strengthened their arms, they imagined mischief against Me." English Version is best.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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