15 Although (A)I trained and strengthened their arms,
    yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (B)return, but not upward;[a]
    they are (C)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
    because of (D)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (E)in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High

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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