Hosea 7:13-16

New International Version

¹³ Woe^(A) to them,
    because they have strayed^(B) from me!
Destruction to them,
    because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
    but they speak about me^(C) falsely.^(D)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts^(E)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,^[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,^(F)
    but they turn away from me.^(G)
15 I trained^(H) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil^(I) against me.
¹⁶ They do not turn to the Most High;^(J)
    they are like a faulty bow.^(K)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent^(L) words.
For this they will be ridiculed^(M)
    in the land of Egypt.^(N)