Hosea 7:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ They returned so that they might be without a yoke. They have become like a deceitful bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of the madness of their words. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ They turn back, shift, or change, but not upwards [to the Most High]. They are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence and rage of their tongue. This shall be [cause for] their derision and scorning in the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ They return, but not to him that is on 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ They return, but not to the Most High; they have become like a worthless bow; their officials will fall by the sword because of the rage of their tongues; in Egypt they will make fun of them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ They returned, that they might be without yoke: they became like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 7:16 Cross References

Psalm 12:3

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Psalm 12:4

Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,

Psalm 12:5

lest at any time my enemy may say, "I have prevailed against him." Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.

Psalm 17:10

He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.

Psalm 52:2

They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.

Psalm 57:4

Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

Psalm 73:9

We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. And he will no longer know us."

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah has fallen, because their words and their plans are against the Lord, in order to provoke the eyes of his majesty.

Jeremiah 18:18

And they said: "Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a sermon from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words."

Jeremiah 3:10

And after all these things, her deceitful sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but with lies, says the Lord."

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Just as my fury and my indignation has been enflamed over the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will my indignation be enflamed over you, when you will have entered into Egypt. And so you will be an oath, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a disgrace. And you will never see this place again.

Ezekiel 23:32

Thus says the Lord God: You will drink the chalice of your sister, deep and wide. You will be held in derision and in ridicule, to a very great extent.

Ezekiel 36:20

And when they walked among the Gentiles, to whom they had entered, they defiled my holy name, though it was being said about them: 'This is the people of the Lord,' and 'They went forth from his land.'

Daniel 7:25

And he will speak words against the Supreme One, and will exhaust the holy ones of the Most High, and he will think about what it would take to change the times and the laws, and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.

Hosea 11:5

He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assur himself will be the king over him, because they were not willing to be converted.

Hosea 11:7

And my people will long for my return. But a yoke will be imposed on them together, which will not be taken away.

Hosea 6:4

What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your mercy is like the morning mist, and like the dew passing away in the morning.

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them, for they have withdrawn from me. They will waste away because they have been dishonest with me. And I redeemed them, and they have spoken lies against me.

Hosea 9:3

They will not dwell in the land of the Lord. Ephraim has been returned to Egypt, and he has eaten polluted things among the Assyrians.

Hosea 9:4

They will not offer a libation of wine to the Lord, and they will not please him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners. All those who eat it will be defiled. For their bread is of their soul; it will not enter into the house of the Lord.

Hosea 9:6

For, behold, they have been sent away by devastation. Egypt will gather them together; Memphis will bury them. Nettles will inherit their desired silver; the burr will be in their tabernacles.

Malachi 3:13

Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.

Malachi 3:14

And you have said, "What have we spoken against you?" You have said, "He labors in vain who serves God," and, "What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?

Matthew 12:36

But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.

Luke 8:13

Now those upon rock are those who, when they hear it, accept the word with joy, but these have no roots. So they believe for a time, but in a time of testing, they fall away.

James 3:5

So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.

2 Peter 2:8

For in seeing and in hearing, he was just, though he lived with those who, from day to day, crucified the just soul with works of iniquity.

Revelation 13:5

And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies. And authority was given to him to act for forty-two months.