Hosea 7:13-16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹³ Woe to them,^(A) for they fled from Me;^(B)
destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me!
Though I want to redeem them,^(C)
they speak lies against Me.
¹⁴ They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves^[a](D) for grain and new wine;^(E)
they turn away from Me.
¹⁵ I trained and strengthened their arms,^(F)
but they plot evil against Me.^(G)
16 They turn, but not to what is above;^[b]
they are like a faulty bow.^(H)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.^(I)
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.^(J)