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15 “Though you, Israel, play the prostitute,
    yet don’t let Judah offend;
    and don’t come to Gilgal,
    neither go up to Beth Aven,
    nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’
16 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer.
    Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
17 Ephraim is joined to idols.
    Leave him alone!

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15 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel,
    do not let Judah become guilty.
Do not enter into Gilgal
    or go up to Beth-aven,
    and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”(A)
16 Like a stubborn heifer,
    Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
    like a lamb in a broad pasture?(B)

17 Ephraim is joined to idols—
    let him alone.

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