Hosea 7:14-16

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁴ They don’t pray to me sincerely,
even though they cry in their beds
and make cuts on their bodies
while praying for grain and new wine.
They have turned against me.
¹⁵ I trained them and made them strong.
Yet, they plan evil against me.
¹⁶ They don’t return to the Most High.
They are like a defective bow.
Their officials will die in battle
because they curse.
The people in Egypt will ridicule them for this.