Hosea 7:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֣י יִסַּ֔רְתִּי חִזַּ֖קְתִּי זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑ם וְאֵלַ֖י יְחַשְּׁבוּ־רָֽע׃

Transliteration

wa-I yissartî ḥizzaqtî zərôʿōṯām wə-to me yəḥaššəḇû-rāʿ.

Grammar Details

• *wa*-*ʾănî*: conjunction + 1st singular independent pronoun - and I
• *yissartî*: piel perfect 1st singular - I trained/disciplined
• *ḥizzaqtî*: piel perfect 1st singular - I strengthened
• *zərôʿōṯām*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their arms
• *wə*-*ʾēlay*: conjunction + preposition + 1st singular suffix - and against me
• *yəḥaššəḇû*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they devise/plan
• *rāʿ*: noun, masculine singular - evil

Word Meanings

• *yissartî*: trained/disciplined/instructed
• *ḥizzaqtî*: strengthened/made strong/reinforced
• *zərôʿōṯām*: their arms/strength/power
• *yəḥaššəḇû*: devise/plan/think

Referenced Verses

• Nah 1:9 : 9 What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.
• Acts 4:25 : 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?
• Rom 1:21 : 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
• 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
• Heb 12:5 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• 2 Kgs 13:5 : 5 (And Jehovah 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.
• 2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
• 2 Kgs 14:25-27 : 25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. 26 For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. 27 And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
• Job 5:17 : 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
• Ps 2:1 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
• Ps 62:3 : 3 How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
• Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
• Ps 106:43-45 : 43 Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
• Prov 3:11 : 11 My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
• Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?