15 Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me. 16 They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 7:15–16
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