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15 “Though I have taught them
    and strengthened their arms,
        nevertheless they plot evil against me.
16 They return—but not to the Most High.
    They are like a defective weapon.[a]
Their princes will fall by the sword
    because of their raging tongue,
        and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Lit. bow

15 I trained(A) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(B) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(C)
    they are like a faulty bow.(D)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(E) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(F)
    in the land of Egypt.(G)

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