Hosea 7:16

16 	They return, but not upward;1
		they are ylike a treacherous bow;
	their princes shall fall by the sword
		because of the insolence of their tongue.
	This shall be their derision zin the land of Egypt.

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Psalm 78:57
but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

Hosea 8:13
As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 9:3
They shall not remain in the land of the LORD, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

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