NET Bible
"They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow."
— Psalms 78:57, NET Bible
“But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.”
“But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow. ”
“but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.”
“Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.”
“But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.”
He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.
He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.
Yet they challenged and defied God Most High, and did not obey his commands.
They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.
They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.
God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.
He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men.