Hosea 7:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine 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

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Referenced Verses

Nah 1:9 : 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Acts 4:25 : 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Rom 1:21 : 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
2 Cor 10:5 : 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Heb 12:5 : 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
2 Kgs 13:5 : 5 (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.
2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 And the LORD 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 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 was of Gathhepher. 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD 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 heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Ps 62:3 : 3 How long will ye imagine mischief{H8779)} against a man? ye shall be slain{H8792)} all of you: as a bowing{H8803)} wall shall ye be, and as a tottering{H8803)} fence.
Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest{H8762)}, O LORD, and teachest{H8762)} him out of thy law;
Ps 106:43-45 : 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Prov 3:11 : 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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