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For even your relatives, and the house of your father,
    even they have dealt treacherously with you,
even they call loudly[a] after you.
    You must not trust in them, though they speak kindly to you.
I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance.
    I have given the beloved one of my heart[b] into the hand of her enemies.
My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest.
    She has lifted up against me her voice; therefore[c] I hate her.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:6 Literally “full”
  2. Jeremiah 12:7 Literally “soul”
  3. Jeremiah 12:8 Literally “unto thus”

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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