¹⁶ They do not turn to the Most High;^(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.^(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent^(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed^(D)
    in the land of Egypt.^(E)

⁴ Do all these evildoers know nothing?^(A)

They devour my people^(B) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.^(C)

¹³ But the people have not returned^(A) to him who struck^(B) them,
    nor have they sought^(C) the Lord Almighty.

⁶ those who turn back from following^(A) the Lord
    and neither seek^(B) the Lord nor inquire^(C) of him.”