King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 7:16
“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.”
Verse in context — Hosea 7
14
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me.
15
Though I have bound [and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16
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.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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