Hosea 7:16
“They returne, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitfull bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.”
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Hosea 7:16 Context
14And they haue not cryed vnto me with their heart, when they howled vpon their beds: they assemble themselues for corne and wine, and they rebell against me. 15Though I haue bound, and strengthened their armes, yet doe they imagine mischiefe against me. 16They returne, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitfull bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.
- King James Version
They turn, {but} not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This {will be} their derision in the land of Egypt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)