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15 What possession has My (A)beloved in My house
When (B)she has done many schemes of wickedness?
Can the flesh, which is set apart as holy, take away from you your calamity,
[a]So that you can exult?”

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  1. Jeremiah 11:15 Lit Then

The Beloved Son

11 When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And (A)out of Egypt I (B)called My son.
The more [a](C)they called them,
The more they went from [b]them;
They kept (D)sacrificing to the Baals
And (E)burning incense to graven images.
Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk;
[c]I (F)took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I (G)healed them.
I (H)led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,
And (I)I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and (J)fed them.

[d]They will not return to the land of Egypt;
But Assyria—he will be [e]their king
Because they (K)refused to return to Me.
And the (L)sword will whirl against [f]their cities
And will consume [g]their gate bars
And (M)devour them because of their (N)counsels.
So My people are hung up on (O)turning from Me.
Though [h]they call [i]them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

(P)How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I give you over to be like (Q)Admah?
How can I make you like (R)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me;
[j]All My compassions are stirred.

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  1. Hosea 11:2 God’s prophets
  2. Hosea 11:2 God’s prophets
  3. Hosea 11:3 As in ancient versions; Heb He...His
  4. Hosea 11:5 Lit He
  5. Hosea 11:5 Lit his
  6. Hosea 11:6 Lit his
  7. Hosea 11:6 Lit his
  8. Hosea 11:7 God’s prophets
  9. Hosea 11:7 Israel; lit him
  10. Hosea 11:8 Lit Together