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My people are bent on turning away from me.
    To the Most High they call,
    but he does not raise them up at all.[a](A)

How can I give you up, Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
    How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.(B)
I will not execute my fierce anger;
    I will not again destroy Ephraim,
for I am God and no mortal,
    the Holy One in your midst,
    and I will not come in wrath.[b](C)

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  1. 11.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 11.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain