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)
