16 They do not turn to the Most High;(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(D)
    in the land of Egypt.(E)

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16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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16 They return, but not [a]to the Most High;
(A)They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes shall fall by the sword
For the (B)cursings of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (C)in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Or upward

Do all these evildoers know nothing?(A)

They devour my people(B) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.(C)

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Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

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Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And (A)do not call on the Lord?

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13 But the people have not returned(A) to him who struck(B) them,
    nor have they sought(C) the Lord Almighty.

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13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

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13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

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those who turn back from following(A) the Lord
    and neither seek(B) the Lord nor inquire(C) of him.”

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And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.

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(A)Those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And (B)have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”

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