Hosea 7:15
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
BSB
ASV
Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.
KJV
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
"and I taught them a lesson. I strengthened their arms, and they thought evil against me." LXX: "they were instructed in me, and I strengthened their arms, and they thought evil against me." The Lord says, "I have taught them, I have provided strength, and they have raised their necks against me; not that they can do anything and harm their Creator, but what they could do, they thought evil against me." But those who do this depart from the Lord who taught them in the Church, and gave them the strength to fight their enemies.
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 all in vain.
I . . . bound--when I saw their arms as it were relaxed with various disasters, I bound them so as to strengthen their sinews; image from surgery [CALVIN]. MAURER translates, "I instructed them" to war (Ps 18:34; 144:1), namely, under Jeroboam II (2Ki 14:25).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
leads to
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
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Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
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My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
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Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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Acts 4:25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?