Hosea 7:15 Meaning and Explanation
“Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Hosea 7:15 Mean?
God recalls His fatherly care: He had bound up and strengthened their arms, like one who trains and equips a child for battle. Yet the people use the strength He gave them to devise mischief against Him, turning His gifts into weapons of rebellion.
There is a peculiar grief in a gift turned against the giver. Every strength we have is on loan from God, meant to serve Him and others. The verse searches the heart, asking whether the powers He has placed in our hands are used for His purposes or against them, and calls us to return His gifts to His service.
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What does Hosea 7:15 mean?
Though God Himself trained and strengthened them, they turn that very strength to plotting evil against Him.