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Psalm 78

Psa. 78:57 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But turned back
cuwg (Hebrew #5472)
properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
KJV usage: backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
Pronounce: soog
Origin: a primitive root
, and dealt unfaithfully
bagad (Hebrew #898)
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV usage: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), X very.
Pronounce: baw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
like their fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
: they were turned aside
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
like a deceitful
rmiyah (Hebrew #7423)
remissness, treachery
KJV usage: deceit(- ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.
Pronounce: rem-ee-yaw'
Origin: from 7411
bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
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Psa. 78:41• 41And they turned again and tempted God ,{HR}And limited the Holy One of Israel. (Psa. 78:41)
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Judg. 3:5‑7,12• 5{i}And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites: Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites;{/i}
 6{i}and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.{/i}
 7{i}And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.{/i}
 12{i}And{/i} the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of Jehovah. (Judg. 3:5‑7,12)
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Ezek. 20:27‑28• 27Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
 28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation to their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. (Ezek. 20:27‑28)
they were.
Psa. 78:8,10‑37• 8And might not be as their fathers,{HR}A stubborn and rebellious generation,{HR}A generation that set (prepared) not their hearts,{HR}And whose spirit was not steadfast with God (El).
 10They kept not God's covenant{HR}And in his law refused to walk;
 11And they forgot his deeds{HR}And his wondrous works{HR}Which he caused them to see.
 12In the sight of their fathers{HR}He wrought wonders in the land of Egypt,{HR}The field of Zoan.
 13He clave the sea and caused them to pass through{HR}And made the waters to stand as a heap;
 14And he led them with a cloud by day{HR}And all the night with light of fire.
 15He clave rocks in the wilderness,{HR}And gave drink as the depths abundantly,
 16He brought streams from the rock (crag){HR}And caused waters to come down like the rivers.
 17Yet they still went on to sin against him,{HR}To rebel against the Most High in the desert (dry);
 18And they tempted God in their hearts{HR}By asking food for their lust (souls).
 19And they spoke against God; they said,{HR}Shall God be able to furnish a table in the wilderness?
 20Behold, he smote the rock,{HR}And waters gushed out,{HR}And streams overflowed;{HR}Can he give bread also,{HR}Or provide flesh for his people?
 21Therefore Jehovah heard and was wroth;{HR}And fire was kindled against Jacob,{HR}And anger also went up against Israel;
 22Because they believed not in God{HR}And trusted not in his salvation.
 23Yet he commanded the skies above,{HR}And opened the doors of heaven,
 24And he rained upon them manna to eat,{HR}And had given them the corn of the heavens.
 25Man did eat the bread of the mighty;{HR}He sent them provision to the full.
 26He led forth the east [wind] in the heavens,{HR}And by his strength guided the south [wind],
 27And he rained flesh upon them as dust{HR}And winged fowl as sand of the sea,
 28And let it fall in the midst of the camp{HR}Round about their habitations.
 29And they did eat and were well filled.{HR}He brought to them their desire;
 30They were not estranged from their desire;{HR}Their food [was] yet in their mouths,
 31When God's anger went up against them and slew their fattest,{HR}And smote down the chosen of Israel.
 32For all this they sinned still,{HR}And believed not in his wondrous works;
 33He consumed their days in vanity,{HR}And their years in terror.
 34When he slew them, then they enquired after him,{HR}And turned and sought God (El) eagerly.
 35And they remembered that God [was] their rock,{HR}And God Most High their redeemer.
 36And they flattered (enticed) him with their mouth,{HR}And lied to him with their tongue.
 37And their heart was not firm with him,{HR}Nor were they steadfast in his covenant. (Psa. 78:8,10‑37)
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Hos. 7:16• 16They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. (Hos. 7:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

W. Kelly Translation

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And revolted, and dealt treacherously like their fathers;{HR}They were turned like a deceitful bow.