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The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:15

Divine dispensations abused. "Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.' This text has received different translations. "And I have instructed them and strengthened their arms, and yet they think evil against me" (Delitzsch). "Whether I chastised or strengthened their arms, yet they thought evil against me" (Elzas). I accept the latter translation; then the idea is, that God's treatment of man, whatever its character, afflictive or otherwise,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:16

They return, but not to the Most High. This verse is closely connected in sense with the preceding. Their God-defying attitude, as described in Hosea 7:15 , is represented in Hosea 7:16 allegorically as a deceitful bow, which fails to scud the arrow to the mark; also their unsuccess is represented as exposing them to the derision of Egypt; while the princes who spake so exceeding proudly, and who instigated their ungodliness and consequent wretchedness, would be slain with the sword.... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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. He chastened them in love, and in love He strengthened them; He brought the enemy upon them, (as aforetime in the days of the Judges,) and He gave them strength to repel the enemy; as He raised up judges of old, and lately had fulfilled His promise which He had made to Joash through Elisha. But it was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:16

They return, but not to the most High - God exhorts by Jeremiah, “If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto Me” Jeremiah 4:1. They changed, whenever they did change, with a feigned, hypocritical conversion, but not to God, nor acknowledging His Majesty. Man, until truly converted, turns to and fro, unstably, hither and thither, changing from one evil to another, from the sins of youth to the sins of age, from the sins of prosperity to the sin of adversity; but he remains... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 7:15-16

Hosea 7:15-16 . 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 idolatrous inventions, whereby they may dishonour me. The word יסרתי , rendered I have bound them, more properly signifies, I have chastised them, and is so rendered by Archbishop Newcome, Bishop Horsley, and others. The general sense of the verse is, Whether I inflict punishment on... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:8-16

Alliances with other nations (7:8-16)Israel is useless, like a cake that is burnt on one side but uncooked on the other. It has ruined itself by relying too much on other nations and too little on God. As a result Israel has, without realizing it, come under the power of these nations. God has allowed this to happen as a punishment on his people, but because of their arrogance they refuse to acknowledge the fact and will not return to God (8-10). Foolishly they make alliances, first with one... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 7:15

Though I have bound = Though I, even I, have warned (or instructed). Compare Psalms 18:34 ; Psalms 144:1 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 7:16

to the Most High = to Him Who is on high. Compare Hosea 11:7 . a deceitful bow. That disappoints the user, and cannot be depended upon. Compare Psalms 78:57 . for = because of. derision = ridicule. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 7:15

"Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me."It was a part of the divine plan for God to make Israel strong that they might be able to exist despite the hatred of their enemies; and this verse is a reference to the countless occasions when God had intervened upon their behalf. For example, when the army of Pharaoh was overwhelmed in the Red Sea, it occasioned the arming of Israel with the very weapons that the Egyptians had sought to employ against... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 7:16

"They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue; this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt."The people returned all right, but not to God. They returned to the immoral orgies of Bethel, to the drunkenness, immorality, and vice which were the stock in trade of paganism."They are like a deceitful bow ..." Some scholars have understood this to be "a slack bow, one that looks good but has no... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:16

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 7:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 7:15-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 7:8-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 7:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 7:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 7:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 7:16

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