Psalm 78:57


They turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were twisted like a warped bow [that will not respond to the archer’s aim].

Hosea 7:16


They turn, but they do not turn upward to the Most High.
They are like a poorly crafted bow [that misses the mark];
Their princes shall fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be cause for their mockery and disdain in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:27-28

“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Again in this your fathers have blasphemed Me, in that they acted faithlessly and treacherously against Me.

Judges 3:5-7

And the Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites;

Judges 3:12

Now the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, since they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Psalm 78:8


And not be like their fathers—
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Psalm 78:10-37


They did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to walk according to His law;

Psalm 78:41


Again and again they tempted God,
And distressed the Holy One of Israel.

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But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tempted God,
And distressed the Holy One of Israel.
Judges 3:5
And the Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites;
Ezekiel 20:27
“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Again in this your fathers have blasphemed Me, in that they acted faithlessly and treacherously against Me.

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1 Samuel 8:8
Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day—in that they have abandoned (rejected) Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also.