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13 (A)He had them mount the summits of the land,[a]
    fed them the produce of its fields;
He suckled them with honey from the crags
    and olive oil from the flinty rock;
14 Butter from cows and milk from sheep,
    with the best of lambs;
Bashan[b] bulls and goats,
    with the cream of finest wheat;
    and the foaming blood of grapes you drank.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:13 The land: Canaan.
  2. 32:14 Bashan: a fertile grazing land east of the Jordan, famous for its sleek, strong cattle. Cf. Ps 22:13; Ez 39:18; Am 4:1.

13 He made him ride on the heights(A) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(B)
    and with oil(C) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(D)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(E)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(F)

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[a]Therefore, I will hedge in her way with thorns
    and erect a wall against her,
    so that she cannot find her paths.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 The crop failures sent by the Lord are meant to make Israel see the folly of its ways.

She has not acknowledged(A) that I was the one
    who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,(B)
who lavished on her the silver and gold(C)
    which they used for Baal.(D)

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