Hosea 7:16
“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.”
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
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.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.”
“But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.”
“He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.”
“The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.”
“For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.”