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“I have left Israel;
    I have left my people.
I have given the people I love
    over to their enemies.
My people have become to me
    like a lion in the forest.
They roar at me,
    so I hate them.
My people have become to me
    like a speckled bird attacked on all sides by hawks.
Go, gather the wild animals.
    Bring them to get something to eat.

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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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