Hosea 7:16

They do not turn upward [to God]. They are like a loose bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Psalm 78:57

They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.

Hosea 9:3

The people of Ephraim will not stay in Jehovah's land. They will return to Egypt and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

Psalm 73:9

They set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue parades through the earth.

Ezekiel 23:32

The Lord Jehovah says this: 'You will drink your sister's cup, which is deep and wide. You will be laughed at and held in derision; it contains much.

Psalm 12:4

They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?

Hosea 9:6

Even if they escape without being destroyed, Egypt will capture them and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures. Thorns will grow over their tents.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue makes up wickedness. It is like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.

Psalm 57:4

I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 78:37

Their hearts were not loyal to him. They were not faithful to his promise.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and what they do is against Jehovah! They are defiant in his honored presence.

Jeremiah 3:10

Even after all this, Israel's treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart. She was deceitful, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.

Ezekiel 36:20

Wherever they went among the nations, they dishonored my holy name. People said about them: 'These are Jehovah's people, yet they had to leave his land.'

Hosea 6:4

What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.

Hosea 8:13-14

They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, Jehovah, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt.

Hosea 11:7

My people are determined to turn (apostatize) from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will by no means exalt them.

Matthew 12:36

I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say.

Luke 8:13

Those on the rock are those who receive the word with joy. These have no root. They believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

Luke 11:24-26

When an unclean spirit leaves a man it passes through desolate places. It seeks rest and finds none. It says, 'I will return from where I came.'

James 3:5

The tongue also is a little member. It boasts great things. Consider how great a forest fire a small fire kindles!

2 Peter 2:8

That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.

Revelation 13:5

A mouth speaking great things and blasphemies was given to the beast. And authority to act was given to him to continue forty-two months.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Like

Psalm 78:57
They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.

The rage

Hosea 7:13
Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
Psalm 12:4
They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue makes up wickedness. It is like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.
Psalm 57:4
I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.
Psalm 73:9
They set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue parades through the earth.
Isaiah 3:8
Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and what they do is against Jehovah! They are defiant in his honored presence.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.
Matthew 12:36
I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say.
James 3:5
The tongue also is a little member. It boasts great things. Consider how great a forest fire a small fire kindles!
2 Peter 2:8
That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.
Revelation 13:5
A mouth speaking great things and blasphemies was given to the beast. And authority to act was given to him to continue forty-two months.

This

Hosea 8:13
They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, Jehovah, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt.
Hosea 9:3
The people of Ephraim will not stay in Jehovah's land. They will return to Egypt and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
Ezekiel 23:32
The Lord Jehovah says this: 'You will drink your sister's cup, which is deep and wide. You will be laughed at and held in derision; it contains much.
Ezekiel 36:20
Wherever they went among the nations, they dishonored my holy name. People said about them: 'These are Jehovah's people, yet they had to leave his land.'

General references

Jeremiah 34:11
Later they changed their minds and took back the men and women they had freed and made them their slaves again.