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\c 11
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\q1
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\v 1 Yahweh says, "When the nation of Israel was like a young man, I loved him.
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\q2 He was like a son to me, whom I called out of Egypt.
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\q1
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\v 2 But the more I called out to them,
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\q2 the more they ran away.
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\q1 Day after day they offered their sacrifices to the idols named Baal,
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\q2 and they burned incense to honor them.
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\q1
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\v 3 But it was I who taught them to do everything good, as a father teaches his son to walk.
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\q2 I was like a father, holding them by their little arms.
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\q1 But they did not understand that I was the one who was taking care of them.
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\q1
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\v 4 With kindness I guided them, with the tender cords of human kindness I led them.
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\q2 I loved them so much that I guided them and led by my own hand.
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\q1 They worked very hard, like a yoke of oxen pulling a plow, but I made their yoke light and loosened its weight on their jaws, so they did not suffer pain.
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\q1
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\v 5 But Israel will certainly return to Egypt,
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\q2 and Assyria will certainly rule over them,
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\q1 because they refused to turn back to me and worship me as their God.
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\q1
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\v 6 Their enemies will attack Israel's cities with swords;
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\q2 their enemies will destroy the bars that keep their gates closed and safe.
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\q2 Their enemies will destroy the people of Israel and put an end to all the plans they made.
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\q1
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\v 7 My people are determined to turn away from me.
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\q2 They pretend to call out to me, the Most High God,
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\q2 but I will allow no one to help them.
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\q1
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\v 8 But you people of Israel—dear Israel—I cannot abandon you.
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\q2 I cannot give you over to your enemies.
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\q1 I do not want to act toward you as I acted toward Admah or make you like Zeboiim—
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\q2 cities that I destroyed along with Sodom.
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\q1 I have changed my mind about punishing you;
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\q2 I earnestly long to have mercy on you.
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\v 9 I have decided not to punish you severely.
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\q1 I do not want to destroy you, the people of my Israel, whom I love.
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\q2 Human beings would easily decide to do that,
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\q2 but I am God, not human.
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\q1 I am the Holy One who lives among you;
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\q2 I will not come to you and be angry with you.
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\q1
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\v 10 They will live their lives following my commands.
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\q2 I will roar like a lion.
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\q1 And when I roar, my people will hear and will come trembling.
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\q2 They will come back to me from far away—
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\q1 from the west they will come back to me.
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\q1
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\v 11 They will come fluttering into the land
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\q2 like a flock of birds coming up from Egypt.
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\q2 And some will be like doves that fly in from Assyria.
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\q1 I will let them live in their own homes once more, in the land of Israel.
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\q2 I, Yahweh, have promised this."
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\q1
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\v 12 "The people of Israel have continually lied to me.
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\q2 But the people of Judah they still obey me and are faithful to me, the Holy One."
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