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Hosea 7:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 7:16

Verse 16 of 16

Scripture focus

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.

Hosea 7:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 7:16

Theological / Devotional

Like a deceitful bow. Literally, “like a bow of slackness”; that is, a slack or loose bow. The rebellious attitude of Israel against God is figuratively represented here as a slack bow, which fails to send the arrow to the mark. The gradual spiritual decline of Israel, which caused them to miss their high destiny, did indeed resemble a bow whose cord, losing its elasticity, was unable to shoot the arrow to the object at which it was aimed (see Ps. 78:55-57).

The rage of their tongue. The words of the leaders, who taught the people to trust in Egypt rather than in God, who directed the people to idolatry and wickedness, would as a sword pierce their own breasts when their kingdom was destroyed and their people taken captive to a foreign land.

Their derision. As with Egypt (see on Isa. 30:3, 5) so it is with the world; it derides and mocks those who vainly trust in it, and who serve it in preference to God.

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