Hosea 7:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ They will turn back—only not upwards. They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of the insolence with their tongues. This will be for their ridicule 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.

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.

Hosea 7:16 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 12:3

Everyone tells a lie to his neighbor, talking with flattering lips and a divided heart.

Psalm 12:4

May Adonai cut off all flattering lips— a tongue bragging big things.

Psalm 12:5

They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?”

Psalm 17:10

Their callous heart they shut tight. With their mouth they speak proudly.

Psalm 52:2

when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”

Psalm 57:4

He will send from heaven and save me. He rebukes the one trampling on me. Selah God is sending His mercy and His truth.

Psalm 73:9

They set their mouth against heaven. Their tongue struts through the earth.

Psalm 78:37

For their heart was not steadfast with Him, nor were they faithful to His covenant.

Psalm 78:57

Like their fathers they turned and were treacherous. They turned aside like a faulty bow.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah is fallen. For their tongue and their actions are against Adonai, defying the eyes of His glory.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet after all this her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but only insincerely,” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 42:18

For thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “As My anger and My fury were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you, if you will enter Egypt. You will be an execration, a horror, a curse, and a disgrace, and you will never see this place again.”

Ezekiel 23:32

Thus says Adonai Elohim: “You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and wide. You will be for laughter and ridicule. It holds so much!

Ezekiel 36:20

Wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy Name, since it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Adonai, yet they had to leave His land.’

Daniel 7:25

He will speak words against the Most High, and will continually harass the kedoshim of the Most High, and will try to change the appointed times and law. The kedoshim will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.

Hosea 11:5

He will not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian will be his king— because they refused to return.

Hosea 11:7

So My people are bent on turning from Me. Although they are being called upwards, none will rise up.

Hosea 6:4

“O Ephraim, what shall I do for you? O Judah, what will I do for you? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud or like dew rising early, vanishing.

Hosea 7:13

Oy to them! For they strayed from Me. Devastation to them! For they rebelled against Me. Should I redeem them after they spoke lies about Me?

Hosea 9:3

They will not dwell in Adonai’s land. Instead Ephraim will return to Egypt, and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Hosea 9:4

They will pour no wine-offerings to Adonai— they would not be pleasing to Him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners for them. All that eat it will be defiled, for their bread is for their appetite, not coming into the House of Adonai.

Hosea 9:6

Look, even if they escape the desolation, Egypt will gather them up; Memphis will bury them. And their precious silver treasures? Weeds will possess them. Thorns will be in their tents.

Malachi 3:13

“Your words against Me are grievous,” says Adonai. Yet you say: “What did we say against You?”

Malachi 3:14

You say: “Serving God is worthless.” Also: “What good is it that we kept His service or that we walked as mourners before Adonai-Tzva’ot?

Matthew 12:36

But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment, men will give account for every careless word they speak.

Luke 8:13

But those on the rocky places are the ones who, when they hear, accept the word with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a season, and in a time of testing fall away.

James 3:5

So also the tongue is a small member—yet it boasts of great things. See how so small a fire sets a blaze so great a forest!

2 Peter 2:8

(For that righteous man, while living among them, was tormented in his righteous soul day after day by lawless deeds he saw and heard.)

Revelation 13:5

The beast was given a mouth uttering great boasts and blasphemies. It was given authority to act for forty-two months.