16 They (A)return, but not upward;[a]
    they are (B)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
    because of (C)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (D)in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High

16 They do not turn to the Most High;(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(D)
    in the land of Egypt.(E)

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The Ephraimites, armed with[a] the bow,
    (A)turned back on the day of battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:9 Hebrew armed and shooting

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(A)
    turned back on the day of battle;(B)

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