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So they would not be like their ancestors,
    who turned against God.
Those people refused to obey God,
    and they did not trust him to be their guide.

The soldiers of Ephraim had bows and arrows,
    but they ran away when the battle started![a]
10 They did not obey the covenant
    that God had made with them.
They refused to obey his laws.

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Footnotes

  1. 78:9 God gave his people everything that they needed, but they still did not trust him. Ephraim was one of Israel's 12 tribes.