Hosea 7:15
Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me!
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- Nah 1:9 : 9 Denunciation and Destruction of Nineveh Whatever you plot against the LORD, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.
- Acts 4:25 : 25 who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather,‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?
- Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
- 2 Cor 10:5 : 5 and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
- Heb 12:5 : 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.
- Rev 3:19 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
- 2 Kgs 13:5 : 5 The LORD provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.
- 2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 But the LORD had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
- 2 Kgs 14:25-27 : 25 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the rift valley in the south, just as in the message from the LORD God of Israel that he had announced through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher. 26 The LORD saw Israel’s intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer. 27 The LORD had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory from under heaven, so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.
- Job 5:17 : 17 “Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Ps 2:1 : 1 Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
- Ps 62:3 : 3 How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.
- Ps 94:12 : 12 How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law,
- Ps 106:43-45 : 43 Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin. 44 Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help. 45 He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
- Prov 3:11 : 11 My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.
- Jer 17:9 : 9 The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
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- Hos 7:13-142 verses78%
13 Israel Has Turned Away from the Lord Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me.
14 They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.
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16 They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
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11 Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
- Hos 7:2-32 verses75%
2 They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
3 Political Intrigue and Conspiracy in the Palace The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.
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2 who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.
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2 They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection, and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade.
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7 Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her‘Proud one who is silenced.’”
- Job 30:11-133 verses72%
11 Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.
12 On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.
13 They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.
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7 I thought,‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.
- Ezek 30:24-252 verses72%
24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon.
25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.
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5 All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.
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27 Futile Words, Deceptive Answers“Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
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2 Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.
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3 They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.
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8 But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.’”
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33 They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.
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3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
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61 ש(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.
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4 You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
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7 All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.
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15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
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14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries.”
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16 All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.
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7 So, now the LORD says,‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.’
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10 People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
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12 Oracle of Deliverance to Judah This is what the LORD says:“Even though they are powerful– and what is more, even though their army is numerous– nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
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15 Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.
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6 They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.
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14 Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
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9 He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)
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6 A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.
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7 when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady.
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27 But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’
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4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will not let them out of my sight; they will experience disaster, not prosperity.”
- Ezek 30:21-222 verses71%
21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.
22 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.
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11 So I, the LORD, say this:‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.
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4 The Political and Cultic Sin of Israel They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!
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20 For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.
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3 Yet it was I who led Ephraim, I took them by the arm; but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them.
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7 Indictments Against the Cities of Israel and Judah At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!
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7 But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.
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5 Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.
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14 נ(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.
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10 When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.