Hosea 7:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָשׁ֣וּבוּ ׀ לֹ֣א עָ֗ל הָיוּ֙ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּ֔ה יִפְּל֥וּ בַחֶ֛רֶב שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם מִזַּ֣עַם לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם ז֥וֹ לַעְגָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

yāšûḇû lōʾ ʿāl hāyû like qešeṯ rəmîyâ yippəlû by ḥereḇ śārêhem from zaʿam ləšônām this laʿgām in ʾereṣ miṣrāyim.

Grammar Details

*yāšûḇû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they return/turn
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʿāl*: noun, masculine singular - height/Most High
*hāyû*: qal perfect 3rd plural - they were/have become
*qešeṯ*: noun, feminine singular with prefix *kə* - like a bow
*rəmîyâ*: noun, feminine singular - deceit/treachery
*yippəlû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will fall
*ḥereḇ*: noun, feminine singular with prefix *ba* - by the sword
*śārêhem*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their princes
*zaʿam*: noun, masculine singular with prefix *min* - from the rage/indignation
*ləšônām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their tongue
*zô*: demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - this
*laʿgām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their derision/mockery
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct with prefix *bə* - in the land of
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*yāšûḇû*: return/turn/repent
*ʿāl*: height/Most High/upward
*rəmîyâ*: deceit/treachery/slackness
*yippəlû*: fall/be killed/be overthrown
*zaʿam*: rage/indignation/curse
*laʿgām*: their derision/mockery/scorn

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Referenced Verses

Ps 78:57 : 57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Ps 73:9 : 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Ezek 23:32 : 32 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: Who is lord over us?
Hos 9:6 : 6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; [yet] Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.
Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to [him that is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].
Matt 12:36 : 36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Luke 8:13 : 13 And those on the rock [are] they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Luke 11:24-26 : 24 The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.
Jas 3:5 : 5 None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
2 Pet 2:8 : 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds):
Rev 13:5 : 5 and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.
Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Ps 78:37 : 37 For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Isa 3:8 : 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; 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 let us not give heed to any of his words.
Ezek 36:20 : 20 And when they came unto the nations, whither they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and are gone forth out of his land.
Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
Hos 7:13 : 13 Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Hos 8:13-14 : 13 As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt. 14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

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Ezek 30:11
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Ps 59:7
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Ezek 32:12
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Ezek 20:8
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Jer 22:27
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Isa 31:3
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Isa 10:4
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Jer 37:7
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