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\c 13
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\v 1 Yahweh says, "When the leaders of Israel spoke, the people trembled;
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\q2 they were respected in Israel.
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\q1 But because they all worshiped Baal, they became guilty,
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\q2 and they died.
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\q1
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\v 2 Now they sin more and more;
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\q2 they make cast metal figures out of silver
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\q1 to make them their idols.
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\q2 Those idols are statues that are very cleverly made,
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\q2 but those statues are made only by craftsmen.
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\q1 But other people see
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\q2 that the men of Israel sacrifice to these calf-idols and kiss them to worship them.
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\v 3 So the people of Israel will disappear
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\q2 as quickly as the clouds that form in the morning,
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\q1 as quickly as the dew, when the sun dries it up.
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\q2 They will disappear as easily as the chaff that the wind blows away from the threshing place.
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\q2 They will disappear as easily as the smoke that goes out of the chimney.
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\v 4 But I am Yahweh, whom you should worship;
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\q2 I am the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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\q1 You must worship no other God; you must worship only Me.
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\q2 There is no one else who can rescue you.
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\q1
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\v 5 I took charge of you in the wilderness,
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\q2 in a desert where there was no water to drink.
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\q1
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\v 6 When I provided food for you,
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\q2 you ate as much as you wanted and were satisfied.
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\q1 But when you were no longer hungry, you became proud
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\q2 and forgot about me.
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\v 7 So I will attack you like a lion;
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\q2 I will attack you like a leopard that waits beside the road to suddenly jump on a traveler.
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\v 8 I will come against you like a female bear when someone steals her cubs,
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\q2 and I will rip open your chests.
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\q1 Like a lion that attacks—
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\q2 as a wild animal would tear you apart.
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\v 9 You people of Israel, I will destroy you.
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\q2 No one will be able to help you.
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\q1
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\v 10 You no longer have any king
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\q2 who can save you in any of your cities.
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\q1 You no longer have any of the rulers whom you asked me to give you.
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\v 11 When I gave you a king, I gave him to you because I was angry with you.
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\q1 And because I was angry with you, I took your kings away.
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\v 12 I have kept track of all the wicked deeds that you people of Israel have committed; I have recorded all your guilt.
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\v 13 You are like a baby ready to be born,
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\q2 but you are foolish,
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\q1 because you are like a child who refuses to be born.
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\v 14 Will I really keep you from dying?
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\q2 Will I rescue you from dying?
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\q1 No! I will let you die
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\q2 I will let you perish.
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\q2 I have no more compassion left for you."
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\v 15 The prophet Hosea says: "Even though you people of Israel are wealthier than those of Judah,
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\q2 the day is coming when Yahweh will destroy you.
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\q1 You will meet disaster.
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\q2 Your enemies will take everything valuable away from you.
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\v 16 The people of the city of Samaria are guilty because they have rebelled against God.
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\q2 Their enemies will kill them with swords.
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\q1 they will thrown their children far down to the ground and kill them;
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\q2 they will rip open their pregnant women."
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