16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 7:16:1 ⧉יָשׁ֣וּבוּyashuvuthey return Hosea 7:16:2 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Hosea 7:16:3 ⧉עָ֗לalupward Hosea 7:16:4 ⧉הָיוּ֙hayuthey are or they became Hosea 7:16:5 ⧉כְּקֶ֣שֶׁתkekheshetlike a bow Hosea 7:16:6 ⧉רְמִיָּ֔הremiyadeceitful Hosea 7:16:7 ⧉יִפְּל֥וּyippeluthey will fall Hosea 7:16:8 ⧉בַחֶ֛רֶבvakherevby the sword Hosea 7:16:9 ⧉שָׂרֵיהֶ֖םsarehemtheir princes Hosea 7:16:10 ⧉מִזַּ֣עַםmizzaambecause of indignation Hosea 7:16:11 ⧉לְשׁוֹנָ֑םleshonamof their tongue Hosea 7:16:12 ⧉ז֥וֹzothis Hosea 7:16:13 ⧉לַעְגָּ֖םlaeggamtheir derision Hosea 7:16:14 ⧉בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin the land of Hosea 7:16:15 ⧉מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitsrayimEgypt |
16. Formal Translation They turn back, yet they do not rise upward; they have become like a treacherous bow. Their princes will fall by the sword, from the fury of their tongue; this is their derision in the land of Egypt. |
16. Dynamic Translation They keep turning back, but not upward; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their tongue’s rage. This will leave them a laughingstock in Egypt. |