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14 They will not cry to me from their heart—
    instead, they wail on their beds.
They gather together to eat and drink,[a]
    turning away from me.

15 “Though I have taught them
    and strengthened their arms,
        nevertheless they plot evil against me.
16 They return—but not to the Most High.
    They are like a defective weapon.[b]
Their princes will fall by the sword
    because of their raging tongue,
        and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Lit. together for grain and fresh wine
  2. Hosea 7:16 Lit. bow