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15 It was I who trained and strengthened their arms,
    yet they plot evil against me.
16 They turn to that which does not profit;[a]
    they have become like a defective bow;
their officials shall fall by the sword
    because of the rage of their tongue.
So much for their babbling in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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