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I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the land of her enemies.

My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.

Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? Is it as a bird died throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves, all the beasts of the earth, make haste to devour.

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“I will forsake(A) my house,
    abandon(B) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(C)
    into the hands of her enemies.(D)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(E) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(F)
Has not my inheritance become to me
    like a speckled bird of prey
    that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.(G)

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