Hosea 7:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ They have not cried out to me from their hearts
    while they wailed upon their beds.
When they gash themselves to obtain grain and new wine,^[a]
    they are still rebelling against me.
¹⁵ Even though I supported and strengthened them,
    they devise evil plots against me.
¹⁶ Everything they devise is of no avail;
    they are like a defective bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent words.
As a result, they will be ridiculed
    in the land of Egypt.