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15     I trained them, I made their arms strong, I could have protected them,
        but they devised evil schemes against Me.
16     They turn for help, but not to the Most High;
        they’ve become as weak and ineffective as a loosely-strung bow.
    Because of their defiant words, their leaders will be killed in battle,
        and they’ll be the laughingstock of everyone in Egypt.

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15 I trained(A) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(B) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(C)
    they are like a faulty bow.(D)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(E) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(F)
    in the land of Egypt.(G)

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15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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