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.”

"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
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What does Hosea 7:16 mean?

Hosea 7:16 in the King James Version (KJV) states, "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." This verse is part of the book of…

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The Deceptive Bow: A Call to True Repentance

In the prophetic book of Hosea, a narrative unfolds that speaks to the heart of humanity's struggle with sin, repentance, and the true nature of a faithful return to God. Hosea 7:16 states: "They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes…

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A Prayer of Repentance and Restoration

O Sovereign Lord, the Most High and Eternal King, we come before You with humble hearts, acknowledging both our need for Your mercy and the condition of our souls. We gather in the shadow of Your grace, seeking guidance and transformation through the powerful truth of Your Word…

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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."
Hosea 7:3 - "They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."
Hosea 10:7 - "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water."
Hosea 7:7 - "They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me."
Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 13:7 - "Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:"
Hosea 6:7 - "But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 7:8 - "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned."
Hosea 7:11 - "¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria."
Hosea 2:16 - "And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali."
Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
Hosea 7:15 - "Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me."
Hosea 7:10 - "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."
"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies." - Hosea 7:3
Hosea 5:7 - "They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."
Hosea 7:9 - "Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not."
Hosea 7:5 - "In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners."
Hosea 7:4 - "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."
Hosea 9:16 - "Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb."
Hosea 7:6 - "For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire."
Hosea 7:14 - "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."
Hosea 12:7 - "¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress." The image should not depict explicit or offensive content but be symbolic.
Hosea 11:7 - "And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him."
Hosea 7:2 - "And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face."
Hosea 14:7 - "They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon."
Hosea 8:7 - "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up."
Hosea 9:7 - "The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred."
"As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water." - Hosea 10:7
Hosea 1:7 - "But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen."