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