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45 lines
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# Chapter 11
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1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
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and out of Egypt I called my son.
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2 The more they were called,
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the more they went away;
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they kept sacrificing to the Baals
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and burning offerings to idols.
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3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk;
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I took them up by their arms,
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but they did not know that I healed them.
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4 I led them with cords of kindness,
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with the bands of love,
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and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
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and I bent down to them and fed them.
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5 They shall not return to the land of Egypt,
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but Assyria shall be their king,
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because they have refused to return to me.
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6 The sword shall rage against their cities,
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consume the bars of their gates,
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and devour them because of their own counsels.
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7 My people are bent on turning away from me,
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and though they call out to the Most High,
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he shall not raise them up at all.
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8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
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How can I hand you over, O Israel?
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How can I make you like Admah?
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How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
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My heart recoils within me;
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my compassion grows warm and tender.
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9 I will not execute my burning anger;
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I will not again destroy Ephraim;
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for I am God and not a man,
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the Holy One in your midst,
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and I will not come in wrath.
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10 They shall go after the Lord;
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he will roar like a lion;
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when he roars,
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his children shall come trembling from the west;
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11 they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
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and like doves from the land of Assyria,
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and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
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12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
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and the house of Israel with deceit,
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but Judah still walks with God
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and is faithful to the Holy One. |