Hosea 7:15-16

International Standard Version

¹⁵ “Though I have taught them
    and strengthened their arms,
        nevertheless they plot evil against me.
¹⁶ They return—but not to the Most High.
    They are like a defective weapon.^[a]
Their princes will fall by the sword
    because of their raging tongue,
        and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt.”