57 Like their ancestors(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(B)

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57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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57 But (A)turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside (B)like a deceitful bow.

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16 They do not turn to the Most High;(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(D)
    in the land of Egypt.(E)

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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.

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16 They return, but not [a]to the Most High;
(A)They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes shall fall by the sword
For the (B)cursings of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (C)in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Or upward