Hosea 7:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
They turn back—not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
They turn,
יָשׁ֣וּבוּ ׀ (yā·šū·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

but not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to the Most High;
עָ֗ל (‘āl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5920: The top, the highest, aloft, to Jehovah

they are
הָיוּ֙ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like a faulty
רְמִיָּ֔ה (rə·mî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7423: Remissness, treachery

bow.
כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת (kə·qe·šeṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

Their leaders
שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם (śā·rê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

will fall
יִפְּל֥וּ (yip·pə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

by the sword
בַחֶ֛רֶב (ḇa·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

for the cursing
מִזַּ֣עַם (miz·za·‘am)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2195: Froth at the mouth, fury

of their tongue;
לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם (lə·šō·w·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3956: The tongue

for this
ז֥וֹ (zōw)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2097: This, that

they will be ridiculed
לַעְגָּ֖ם (la‘·gām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3933: A mocking, derision

in the land
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Egypt.
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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