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“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
    How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
    or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
    and my compassion overflows.

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How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?[a]
    How can I make you like Zeboiim?
My heart is overwhelmed within me;
    tender compassion is enkindled in my heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:8 Admah and Zeboiim: two cities destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah, according to Deut 29:22.