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    It was I who established the relationship with you in the wilderness,
        I who looked after you in that parched and weary land.
    When I fed them, they were satisfied,
        but when satisfied, they filled with pride and then forgot Me.
    So I’ll be like a lion to them,
        like a panther stalking the roadside.

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I cared for you in the wilderness,(A)
    in the land of burning heat.
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(B)
    then they forgot(C) me.(D)
So I will be like a lion(E) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

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