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11 Ephraim was a trained heifer
    that loved to thresh grain.
I myself laid a yoke
    upon her fair neck.
However, I will harness Ephraim;
    Judah will be forced to plow,
    and Jacob will harrow the land.
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves,
    and reap a harvest of steadfast love.
Break up your fallow ground;
    it is time to seek the Lord
    so that he may come and rain down righteousness upon you.
13 However, you have plowed wickedness
    and reaped depravity;
    you have eaten the fruit of falsehood.
Because you have trusted in your chariots
    and in your multitude of warriors,

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