Hosea 7:11-16

Hosea 7:11-16

[11] Ephraim  also is like a silly  dove  without heart:  they call  to Egypt,  they go  to Assyria.  [12] I will spread  my net  upon them; I will bring them down  as the fowls  of the heaven;  I will chastise  them, as their congregation  hath heard.  [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. [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. [15] Though I have bound  and strengthened  their arms,  yet do they imagine  mischief  [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.