Bible verse
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
Psalm 78:57 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 78.
53 He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
55 He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
57 They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
58 They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
59 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
61 He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
KJV
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
ASV
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
ERV
But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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