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15 I trained them and made their arms strong,
    but they made evil plans against me.
16 Like a boomerang, they changed directions,
    but they did not come back to me.[a]
Their leaders bragged about their strength,
    but they will be killed with swords.
And the people in Egypt
    will laugh at them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 they changed … to me Or “They turned, but not upward” or “They turned to the ‘no-gods.’” That is, the statues people worshiped as gods.

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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