test_ulb/28-HOS/11.usfm

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\s5
\c 11
\m
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\q
\v 1 "When Israel was a young man I loved him,
\q and I called my son out of Egypt.
\q
\v 2 The more they were called,
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\q the more they went away from me.
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\q They sacrificed to the Baals
\q and burned incense to idols.
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\f + \ft Some ancient and most modern versions have \fqa they went away from me \fqa* . The Hebrew text has \fqa they went away from them \fqa* . \f*
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\q
\v 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk.
\q It was I who lifted them up by their arms,
\q but they did not know that I cared for them.
\q
\v 4 I led them with cords of humanity,
\q with bands of love.
\q I was to them like someone who eased the yoke on their jaws,
\q and I bent down to them and fed them.
\s5
\q
\v 5 Will they not return to the land of Egypt?
\q Will Assyria not rule over them
\q because they refuse to return to me?
\q
\v 6 The sword will fall on their cities
\q and destroy the bars of their gates;
\q it will destroy them
\q because of their own plans.
\q
\v 7 My people are determined to turn away from me.
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\q Though they call to the Most High,
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\q no one will help them.
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\q
\v 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?
\q How can I hand you over, Israel?
\q How can I make you like Admah?
\q How can I make you like Zeboiim?
\q My heart has changed within me;
\q all my compassions have been stirred up.
\q
\v 9 I will not execute my fierce anger;
\q I will not again destroy Ephraim.
\q For I am God
\q and not a man;
\q I am the Holy One among you,
\q and I will not come in wrath.
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\q
\v 10 They will follow Yahweh;
\q and he will roar like a lion.
\q When he roars,
\q his children will come trembling from the west.
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\q
\v 11 They will come trembling like a bird from Egypt,
\q like a dove from the land of Assyria.
\q I will make them live in their homes—this is the declaration of Yahweh.
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\s5
\q
\v 12 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
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\q and the house of Israel with deceit.
\q But Judah is still going about with me, God,
\q and is faithful to me, the Holy One."