Bible verse
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
Hosea 7:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hosea 7.
11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
14 They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
KJV
Though I have bound [and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
ASV
Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.
ERV
Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
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