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href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hosea/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I trained them and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I trained them and made them strong, yet now they plot evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Though I have bound <i>and</i> strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Though I disciplined <i>and</i> strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Although I trained <i>and</i> strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Although I trained <i>and</i> strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Although I disciplined <i>and</i> strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Although I trained and strengthened their arms [for victory over their enemies], Yet they devise evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I trained and strengthened their arms, but they plot evil against Me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I taught them what they know, and I made them strong. Now they plot against me <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I trained them and made them strong. Yet, they plan evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Even though I was the one who brought them up and made them strong, they plotted against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Though I have taught them and strengthened their arms, nevertheless they plot evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I instructed—I strengthened their arms, "" And concerning Me they think evil!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I instructed -- I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I corrected and strengthened their arms, and they will purpose evil against me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I have chastised them, and strengthened their arms: and they have imagined evil against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I have educated them, and I have reinforced their arms; and they have imagined evil against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Though I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devised evil against me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />It was I who trained and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Though I have disciplined and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Against me and I have trained and I have strengthened their arms, and they have conceived evil<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Though I have trained and strengthened their arms, Yet do they devise evil against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/7-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1095" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/7.htm">Ephraim's Iniquity</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>They 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. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">Although I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3256.htm" title="3256: yis·sar·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To discipline, chasten, admonish. A primitive root; to chastise, literally or figuratively; hence, to instruct.">trained</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: ḥiz·zaq·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">and strengthened</a> <a href="/hebrew/2220.htm" title="2220: zə·rō·w·‘ō·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Arm, shoulder, strength. Or zroao; and zrowpah; or zrowah; from zara'; the arm, or the foreleg; figuratively, force.">their arms,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: yə·ḥaš·šə·ḇū- (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To think, account. ">they plot</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’ê·lay (Conj-w:: Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">against Me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>They 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Deuteronomy 32:6</a></span><br />Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a></span><br />“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40-42</a></span><br />How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! / Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. / They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a></span><br />At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7</a></span><br />“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15</a></span><br />But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-13.htm">Psalm 106:13-14</a></span><br />Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel. / They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-10.htm">Isaiah 17:10</a></span><br />For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Jeremiah 3:21-22</a></span><br />A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God. / “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-37.htm">John 12:37-38</a></span><br />Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. / This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-10.htm">Hebrews 3:10</a></span><br />Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.</p><p class="hdg">I have.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-5.htm">2 Kings 13:5,23</a></b></br> (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/14-25.htm">2 Kings 14:25-27</a></b></br> He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which <i>was</i> of Gathhepher… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-43.htm">Psalm 106:43-45</a></b></br> Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked <i>him</i> with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity… </p><p class="hdg">bound.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-17.htm">Job 5:17</a></b></br> Behold, happy <i>is</i> the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/94-12.htm">Psalm 94:12</a></b></br> Blessed <i>is</i> the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-11.htm">Proverbs 3:11</a></b></br> My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:</p><p class="hdg">imagine.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1</a></b></br> Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Psalm 62:3</a></b></br> How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall <i>shall ye be, and as</i> a tottering fence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></b></br> The heart <i>is</i> deceitful above all <i>things</i>, and desperately wicked: who can know it?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/8-22.htm">Although</a> <a href="/daniel/11-31.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/hosea/5-10.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-11.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/daniel/11-25.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/hosea/7-2.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-33.htm">Imagine</a> <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/daniel/9-22.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/daniel/11-27.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-2.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-48.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/daniel/7-25.htm">Think</a> <a href="/daniel/1-5.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Training</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/8-10.htm">Although</a> <a href="/hosea/11-3.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/hosea/10-10.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Imagine</a> <a href="/hosea/8-6.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/matthew/2-12.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-3.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/hosea/11-3.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/hosea/10-11.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">Think</a> <a href="/hosea/10-11.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Training</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">A reproof of manifold sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Although I trained and strengthened their arms</b><br>This phrase highlights God's role as the divine protector and provider for Israel. In the historical context, God had repeatedly delivered Israel from their enemies, equipping them with the strength and skills necessary for survival and victory. This can be seen in the numerous battles where God intervened on behalf of Israel, such as the victories under Joshua and the judges. The imagery of "arms" symbolizes military power and might, which God had granted to His people. This reflects God's covenant faithfulness, as He promised to be their God and protector. The training and strengthening can also be seen as a metaphor for spiritual guidance and empowerment, as God provided the Law and the prophets to guide Israel in righteousness.<p><b>they plot evil against Me</b><br>Despite God's provision and protection, Israel's response was one of rebellion and ingratitude. The phrase "plot evil" indicates a deliberate and conscious decision to act against God. This reflects the spiritual adultery and idolatry that characterized Israel during Hosea's time. The historical context includes Israel's alliances with foreign nations and their worship of other gods, which were direct violations of their covenant with Yahweh. This rebellion is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where Israel's unfaithfulness is often compared to marital infidelity. The plotting of evil against God can also be seen as a type of the rejection of Christ, as the New Testament reveals the ultimate fulfillment of God's covenant in Jesus, whom many rejected despite His teachings and miracles. This phrase serves as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God's provision and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which was experiencing moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who is expressing His disappointment and judgment over Israel's unfaithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/evil_plotting.htm">Evil Plotting</a></b><br>The actions of Israel, who despite receiving strength and training from God, choose to rebel against Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_human_rebellion.htm">God's Provision and Human Rebellion</a></b><br>Despite God's continuous provision and empowerment, humans often choose to rebel. Reflect on areas in your life where you might be resisting God's guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_betrayal.htm">The Consequences of Betrayal</a></b><br>Israel's plotting against God leads to judgment. Consider the consequences of turning away from God's path in your own life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_patience_and_justice.htm">Divine Patience and Justice</a></b><br>God's patience is evident, but His justice prevails. Acknowledge the balance of God's mercy and justice in your spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_strength_and_responsibility.htm">Spiritual Strength and Responsibility</a></b><br>God strengthens us for His purposes. Evaluate how you are using the gifts and strength God has given you.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Hosea's message ultimately points to the need for repentance. Seek areas where you need to turn back to God and restore your relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_causes_tension_between_the_brothers.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'plentiful harvest, few workers'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_narrative_theology.htm">What defines narrative theology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/john_7_15_-_how_did_jesus_teach_expertly.htm">John 7:15 - How did Jesus teach with apparent expertise without formal rabbinic training?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Bound.</span>--Should be <span class= "ital">instructed.</span> God has imparted skill and power to fight their enemies. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/144-1.htm" title="Blessed be the LORD my strength which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:">Psalm 144:1</a>.) So the grace of the Spirit is often slighted by its recipients.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Though I have bound</span> (margin, <span class="accented">chastened</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.</span> The first clause of this verse is more accurately translated as follows: <span class="accented">And yet I have instructed</span>, <span class="accented">have strengthened their arms</span>. Here we have another instance of God's goodness and Israel's ingratitude. He had done much for them, and would fain have done more; and yet the return they made was devising mischief against him. The arms are the seat and symbol of strength, as the hands and fingers symbolize skill; thus, in reference to the latter the psalmist says, "Blessed be the Lord my Strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight;" and with regard to the former he says, "He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms." Two benefits are here included in the prophet's enumeration. He instructed the arms, by which is meant that he showed them how and where to get strength. But this was not all; he not only directed to the source, and taught the secret of acquiring strength, he actually supplied strength, thereby giving them power to contend against and conquer their enemies. At a time when "there was not any shut up, nor any left [that is, 'neither bond nor free'] nor helper for Israel... the Lord... saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash." Notwithstanding all this, they <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> acted the part of apostates and rebels against him: they devised mischief against him by their idolatry which denied him the Godhead glory which was his due, and by their rebellion which aimed at depriving him of his kingly power and dignity. The reference of the last clause, <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> according to Ewald, is to the treaties which Israel entered into with Assyria and Egypt for safety and defense; and <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> according to Kimchi, to Israel's false representations of the government and providence of Jehovah: "For they say the good or evil does not come to them from me, but is purely accidental." With respect to <span class="hebrew">יסר</span>, it must be borne in mind that, like <span class="hebrew">ינח</span>, it has two meanings, viz. the chastisement of punishment (<span class="greek">κόλασις</span>) and the chastisement of love (<span class="greek">παιδεία</span>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/7-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Although I</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">trained</span><br /><span class="heb">יִסַּ֔רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(yis·sar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3256.htm">Strong's 3256: </a> </span><span class="str2">To discipline, chasten, admonish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and strengthened</span><br /><span class="heb">חִזַּ֖קְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiz·zaq·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their arms,</span><br /><span class="heb">זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(zə·rō·w·‘ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2220.htm">Strong's 2220: </a> </span><span class="str2">The arm, the foreleg, force</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they plot</span><br /><span class="heb">יְחַשְּׁבוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḥaš·šə·ḇū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evil</span><br /><span class="heb">רָֽע׃</span> <span class="translit">(rā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against Me.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵלַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/7-15.htm">Hosea 7:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 7:15 Though I have taught and strengthened their (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/7-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 7:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 7:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/7-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 7:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 7:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>