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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hosea 7:16 - 7:16
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return, but not to the Most High - or, “to one who is not the Most High,” one very different from Him, a stock or a stone. So the Septuagint.
deceitful bow - (Psa 78:57). A bow which, from its faulty construction, shoots wide of the mark. So Israel pretends to seek God, but turns aside to idols.
for the rage of their tongue - their boast of safety from Egyptian aid, and their “lies” (Hos 7:13), whereby they pretended to serve God, while worshipping idols; also their perverse defense for their idolatries and blasphemies against God and His prophets (Psa 73:9; Psa 120:2, Psa 120:3).
their derision in ... Egypt - Their “fall” shall be the subject of “derision” to Egypt, to whom they had applied for help (Hos 9:3, Hos 9:6; 2Ki 17:4).