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14 Nor did they not cry to Me in their heart
when they were wailing on their beds.
For the sake of grain and new wine
    they slash themselves—
    they keep turning away from Me.
15 I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they kept planning evil against Me.
16 They will turn back—only not upwards.
They are like a treacherous bow.
Their princes will fall by the sword
    because of the insolence with their tongues.
This will be for their ridicule in the land of Egypt.

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