Hosea 7:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Hosea 7:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though 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....
Hosea 7:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:8 to Hosea 8:3 . Political Decay the Outward Sign of Israel's Moral Decay. The attempts to cure national ills and secure safety by foreign aid, instead of by turning to Yahweh, are fored...
Hosea 7:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Though. have bound . Though I, even I, have warned (or instructed). Compare Psalms 18:34 ; Psalms 144:1 .
Hosea 7:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

God again reproaches the Israelites for having in a base manner abused his goodness and forbearance. Some consider the verb יסר, isar, as meaning, “to chastise,” because God had disciplined...
Hosea 7:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. Though I have bound and strengthened their arms - Whether I dealt with them in judgment or mercy, it was al...
Hosea 7:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Though I have bound, &c.— But I will chastise them. I strengthened their arms, yet did they, &c.
Hosea 7:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. Though I have bound and strengthened their arms - when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with vario...
Hosea 7:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Corruption of the Court In this chapter the tone again becomes despondent. How can Israel be saved when her iniquity is so deep, so glaring, so obstinate? Samaria is especially instanced as the ce...
Hosea 7:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bound. — Should be instructed. God has imparted skill and power to fight their enemies. (Comp. Psalms 144:1 .) So the grace of the Spirit is often slighted by its recipients.
Hosea 7:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1-19 ; Hosea 5:1-15 ; Hosea 6:1-11 ; Hosea 7:1-16 ; Hosea 8:1-14 ; Hosea 9:1-17 ; Hosea 10:1-15 ; Hosea 11:1-12 ; Hosea 12:1-14 ; Hosea 13:1-16 ; Hosea...
Hosea 7:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Iniquity Uncovered Hosea 7:1-16 The last clause of the previous chapter belongs to this. God desired to turn aside the captivity of His people and to heal Israel, but His pleading was unavailin...
Hosea 7:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The prophet then declared more particularly the true state of affairs. The divine desire to heal was frustrated by the pollution and the people's persistent ignoring of God. Hosea graphically describ...
Hosea 7:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here a continuation of the same subject, namely, the Lord's remonstrance with Israel. But I pray the Reader to observe, how many sweet and gracious expressions of our God are mingled with his...
Hosea 7:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 a...
Hosea 7:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Though I have bound [and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. Ver. 15. Though I have bound and strengthened their arms ] Quum ego erudivi, so Pagnine, Polanus, and...
Hosea 7:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though I have bound , &c. Though, after bringing them low, I have given them new strength and vigour; yet do they imagine mischief against me Yet they are continually devising some new idolatr...
Hosea 7:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy. B. C. 750....
Hosea 7:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though I; but as for me, or, And I. Bound; or chastised, as the word will bear; or instructed; either notion will well suit the place. When I had chastised them for their sins, as in Jehoahaz's t...
Hosea 7:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephraim (Israel) Are Pictured As A Hapless Dove Fluttering Between Egypt And Assyria As They Endeavour To Avoid YHWH's Net ( Hosea 7:11-16 ). Ephraim are now depicted as being willing to do anythi...
Hosea 7:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 7:15 . Bound ] Weakened and relaxed, an image from surgery ( chastened , marg.). “Instructing the arms, according to the analogy of Psalms 18:35 , is equivalent to show...
Hosea 7:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 7:1 . When I would have healed Israel, by Jehu's zeal for the Lord, then the idolatrous priests, like troops of robbers, gathered round him with lies in their mouth, and persuaded him to ret...
Hosea 7:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against Me. Divine dispensations abused I. God’s dispensations with men are characterised by variety. The events of...
Hosea 7:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter may be divided into three sections. In the first section, including Hosea 7:1-28 , the prophet reproves with much but deserved severity the depraved morals of king and p...
Hosea 7:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hypocrisy Rebuked
Hosea 7:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 10:5 ; 2 Kings 13:23 ; 2 Kings 13:5 ; 2 Kings 14:25-27 ; Acts 4:25 ; Hebrews 12:5 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; Job 5:17 ; Nahum 1:9 ; Proverbs 3:11 ; Psalms 106:43-45 ; Psalms 2:1 ; P...
Hosea 7:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bound — As a surgeon binds up a weak member, or a broken one; so did God for Ephraim, when the Syrians and other enemies had broken their arms. Imagine mischief — They devise mischief against my pr...

Hosea 7:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 7:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 7:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 7:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 7:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 7:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 7:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 7:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 7:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 7:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 7:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 7:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 7:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 7:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 7:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 7:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes