Has God forgotten how to be gracious? Has he angrily stopped up his compassion?”
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Has God [deliberately] abandoned or forgotten His graciousness? Has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
The sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been turned back in the day of battle.
The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.