Hosea 7:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:57 : 57 But turned back{H8735)}, and dealt unfaithfully{H8799)} like their fathers: they were turned aside{H8738)} like a deceitful bow.
• Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
• Ps 73:9 : 9 They set{H8804)} their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh{H8799)} through the earth.
• Ezek 23:32 : 32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup 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 because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
• Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
• Matt 12:36 : 36 But 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 {G1161} They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
• Luke 11:24-26 : 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
• Jas 3:5 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
• 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 unlawful deeds;)
• Rev 13:5 : 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully.
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, 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{H8737)} with him, neither were they stedfast{H8738)} in his covenant.
• Isa 3:8 : 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
• 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 entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, 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 early dew it goeth away.
• Hos 7:13 : 13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
• Hos 8:13-14 : 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD 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 buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.