They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Shall fall by the sword — Their tongue has been enraged against ME; the sword shall be enraged against them. They have mocked me, (Hosea 7:5,) and their fall is now a subject of derision in the land of Egypt. What they have sown, that do they now reap.