Hosea 7:13-16 - The Lord's Second Lament

¹³ Woe to them because they have run away from me. Ruin to them because they have sinned against me. Even though I redeemed them, they spread lies against me. ¹⁴ They will not cry to me from their heart instead, they wail on their beds. They gather together to eat and drink, turning away from me. ¹⁵ "Though I have taught them and strengthened their arms, nevertheless they plot evil against me. ¹⁶ They return but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."