Hosea 7:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 7:8-16

Having seen how vicious and corrupt the court was, we now come to enquire how it is with the country, and we find that to be no better; and no marvel if the distemper that has so seized the head affect the whole body, so that there is no soundness in it; the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, as well as the sin of Samaria, of the people as well as the princes, of which here are divers instances. I. They were not peculiar and entire for God, as they should have been, Hos. 7:8. 1. They did not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 7:15

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms - Whether I dealt with them in judgment or mercy, it was all one; in all circumstances they rebelled against me. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 15 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 the Israelites; and, as I have said yesterday, it is often taken in this sense. But as it signifies sometimes “to bind,” it seems a fitter metaphor for this place. I have bound and strengthened their arms; as though God had said, that he had caused their arms not to be enervated. For we know that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:11-16

Ephraim's folly and falseness. In this passage the Lord threatens the northern kingdom for its unnatural and untheocratic policy of seeking support from the neighboring heathen powers. These verses, therefore, deal primarily with the sins of the court and the government. The nation is to be punished for— I. POLITICAL INFATUATION . ( Hosea 7:11 , Hosea 7:12 ) The true resting-place of the commonwealth was in God; but Ephraim had wandered from him, and was fluttering about... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:11-16

Ephraim's flight from God. Every sinner may read a warning in the words here addressed to Ephraim. I. FLEEING FROM GOD . ( Hosea 7:11 , Hosea 7:12 ) The wicked "say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways" ( Job 21:14 ). They themselves try, though vainly, to escape from God. They would fain put a great distance between him and them (Jonah; the prodigal). 1. Fleeing from God is sin . It is an attempt on the part of the creature to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 7:15

Though I have bound (margin, chastened ) and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. The first clause of this verse is more accurately translated as follows: And yet I have instructed , have strengthened their arms . 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,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

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

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