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15 It was I who gave them their strength,
        yet they plot evil against me.
16 They return, but not to the Most High;[a]
    they have become like a worthless bow;
        their officials will fall by the sword
        because of the rage of their tongues;
        in Egypt they will make fun of them.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Heb uncertain
  2. Hosea 7:16 Or they will be scorned in the land of Egypt.

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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