Hosea 7:15 “Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against…”

Hosea 7:15

Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

American Standard Version

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Though I haue boud and strengthened their arme, yet doe they imagine mischiefe against me.

Darby Translation

I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.

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Cross references

“I have”

2 Kings 13:23 2 Kings 14:25–27 Psalm 106:43–45 2 Kings 13:5

2 Kings 13:23 · BSB

But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them…

2 Kings 14:25–27 · BSB

This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-…

Psalm 106:43–45 · BSB

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

2 Kings 13:5 · BSB

So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.

“bound”

Psalm 94:12 Job 5:17 Proverbs 3:11 Hebrews 12:5 Revelation 3:19

Psalm 94:12 · BSB

Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,

Job 5:17 · BSB

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Proverbs 3:11 · BSB

My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

Hebrews 12:5 · BSB

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

“imagine”

Nahum 1:9 Psalm 2:1 Psalm 62:3 Jeremiah 17:9 Acts 4:25 Romans 1:21

Nahum 1:9 · BSB

Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

Psalm 2:1 · BSB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 62:3 · BSB

How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

Jeremiah 17:9 · BSB

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Acts 4:25 · BSB

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Romans 1:21 · BSB

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

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