Hosea 7:9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Israel's corruption is pervasive: they have not cried to God with their heart but howl on their beds. They turn but not upward. Ephraim is like a silly dove, calling to Egypt and going to Assyria. They will be punished …
Other Translations
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.
Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled <FI>itself<Fi> on him, And he hath not known.
Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
Cross References
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king …
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for …
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that …
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it …
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it …
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid …
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set …
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the …
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield …