Hosea 11:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ They shall return to the land of Egypt,
    and Assyria shall be their king,
    because they have refused to return to me.
⁶ The sword rages in their cities,
    it consumes their oracle-priests,
    and devours because of their schemes.
⁷ My people are bent on turning away from me.
    To the Most High they call,
    but he does not raise them up at all.^[a]