to the Most High. to Him Who is on high. Compare Hosea 11:7.
a deceitful bow. That disappoints the user, and cannot be depended upon. Compare Psalms 78:57.
for. because of.
derision. ridicule.
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Hosea 7:16
16 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.