Hosea 7:16

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¹⁶They turn, but not to what is above;^[a]
they are like a faulty bow.^(A)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent tongue.^(B)
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.^(C)

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7:16 Some emend to turn to what is useless

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