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# I have abandoned my house; I have abandoned my inheritance. I have given my beloved into the hands of her enemies.
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The words "my house," "my inheritance" and "my beloved" all refer to God's people, the nation of Israel. The third sentence tells how God abandoned the nation.
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# I have abandoned my house; I have abandoned my inheritance
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"I have abandoned my people Israel, the people whom I chose to belong to me"
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# into the hands of her enemies
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"to be conquered by her enemies"
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# of her enemies
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"of their enemies". Yahweh refers to the nation of Israel as if the nation were a woman.
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