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Even your own brothers and ·members of your own family [L the house of your father]
    are ·making plans against [betraying] you.
    They are crying out against you.
Don’t trust them,
    even when they say nice things to you!

“I have ·left [abandoned; forsaken] ·Israel [L my house; Ezek. 8:1—11:25];
    I have ·left [cast off] my ·people [L inheritance].
I have given the people I love [C Judah]
    ·over to [L into the palm of] their enemies.
My ·people [L inheritance] have become to me
    like a lion in the forest.
They ·roar [L give forth their voice] at me,
    so I hate them.

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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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