They return, but not to the most High: they are like a treacherous bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Returned, imitating Apis, the folly of Egypt. They have repeatedly followed idols in Egypt, and in the desert, under Jeroboam, Achab, Jehu Deceitful. Septuagint, "bent. "Theodoret reads, "unbent. "It never hits the mark, (Calmet) but wounds the person who uses it. (St. Jerome) Derision. The Egyptians laugh at them; (Calmet) or thus they acted heretofore, in Egypt. (Chaldean)

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