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For even your own brothers
and your father’s family are betraying you;
they are in full cry after you.
Despite all their nice speech, don’t believe them.

“I have abandoned my house,
I have rejected my heritage,
I have given my heart’s beloved
over to the hands of her foes.
For me, my heritage has become
like a lion in the forest —
she roared out against me;
so now I hate her.

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Your relatives, members of your own family—
    even they have betrayed you;
    they have raised a loud cry against you.(A)
Do not trust them,
    though they speak well of you.(B)

“I will forsake(C) my house,
    abandon(D) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(E)
    into the hands of her enemies.(F)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(G) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(H)

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