Hosea 7:15

15 I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.

Hosea 7:15 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
English Standard Version (ESV)
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.
New Living Translation (NLT)
15 I trained them and made them strong, yet now they plot evil against me.
The Message Bible (MSG)
15 I'm the one who gave them good minds and healthy bodies, and how am I repaid? With evil scheming!
American Standard Version (ASV)
15 Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
15 I trained them and made them strong. Yet, they plan evil against me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
15 I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against Me.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
15 I brought them up and made them strong. But they make evil plans against me.

Hosea 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 7:15

Though I have bound [and] strengthened their arms
As a surgeon sets a broken arm and swathes and binds it, and so restores it to its former strength, or at least to a good degree of strength again, so the Lord dealt with Israel; their arms were broken, and their strength weakened, and they greatly distressed and reduced by the Syrians in the times of Jehoahaz; but they were brought into a better state and condition in the times of Joash and Jeroboam the second; the former retook several cities out of the hands of the Syrians, and the latter restored the border of Israel, and greatly enlarged it; and as all this was done through the blessing of divine Providence, the Lord is said to do it himself. Some render it, "though I have chastised, I have strengthened their arms" F21; though he corrected them for their sins in the times of Jehoahaz, and suffered their arms to be broken by their enemies, for their instruction, and in order to bring them to repentance for their sins; yet he strengthened them again in the following reigns: yet do they imagine mischief against me;
so ungrateful were they, they contrived to do hurt to his prophets that were sent to them in his name, to warn them of their sins and danger, and exhort them to repent, and forsake their idolatrous worship, and other sins; and they sought by all means to dishonour the name of the Lord, by imputing their success in the reigns of Joash and Jeroboam to their idols, and not unto him; and so hardened themselves against him, and in their evil ways.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (Mtewrz ytqzx ytroy ynaw) "castigavi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Vatablus, Cocceius, Tarnovius.

Hosea 7:15 In-Context

13 Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak about me falsely.
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.
15 I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Hosea 11:3
  • 2. Psalms 2:1; S Psalms 140:2; Nahum 1:9,11
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