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Therefore (A)a lion from the forest shall strike them down;
    a (B)wolf from the desert shall devastate them.
(C)A leopard is watching their cities;
    everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
    their (D)apostasies are great.
(E)“How can I pardon you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    (F)and have sworn by those who are no gods.
(G)When I fed them to the full,
    (H)they committed adultery
    (I)and trooped to the houses of whores.
They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
    (J)each neighing (K)for his neighbour's wife.

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