Hosea 7:16
They turned aside to that which is not, they became as a bent bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, by reason of the unbridled state of their tongue: this is their setting at nought in the land of Egypt.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
15They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me.
Cross References
Psalms 12:5lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.
Psalms 57:4Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem is + 3:8 Or, forsaken, or, let go.ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues have spoken with iniquity, disobedient as they are towards the Lord.
Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, Come, and let us devise a device against Jeremias; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.
Ezekiel 23:32Thus saith the Lord; Drink thy sister's cup, deep and large, and full, to cause complete drunkenness.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 7:9-16
The Crimes of the People; Infatuation of Ephraim; Ephraim's Obstinate Rebellion; Ephraim's Hypocrisy. ( b. c. 750.) 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. 11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to… Read the whole commentary →