Hosea 7:14-16

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁴ They do not cry out to me with their hearts,
    but they howl on their beds.
    They gather together^[a] for grain and new wine.
    They turn away from me.
¹⁵ Though I trained and strengthened their arms,
    they plot evil against me.
¹⁶ They return, but not upward.^[b]
    They are like an unreliable bow.
    Their officials will fall by the sword because of their angry tongues.
    Because of this, they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.