Hosea 7:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

Hosea 7:15 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nahum 1:9
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
2 Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Psalms 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Acts 4:25
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Psalms 62:3
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Confidence Deafness Godlessness Heart Impenitence Infidelity Ingratitude

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-16)

Having seen how vicious and corrupt the court was, we now come to enquire how it is with the country, and we find that to be no better; and no marvel if the distemper that has so seized the head affect the whole body, so that there is no soundness in it; the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, as well as the sin of Samaria, of the people as well as the princes, of which here are divers instances. I…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 15)

15. 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 b…